1873 college football season

American college football season August 2023 1873 14 October 25, 1873 to May 15, 1874 Princeton Not awarded until 1935 The 1873 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Princeton as having been selected national champions.http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/football_records/DI/2009/2009FBS.pdf Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book 70 The National Collegiate Athletic Association August 2009 Indianapolis, IN 2009-10-16 Organized intercollegiate football was first played in the state of Virginia and the Southern United States when Washington & Lee defeated VMI 4 to 2. http://www.generalssports.com/information/athletics_history/index A History of Washington and Lee Athletics February 9, 2015 Some industrious students of the two schools organized a game for October 23, 1869 – but it was rained out.https://books.google.com/books?id=kxuEYG6WmOsC&pg=PA53 53 Evolvements of Early American Foot Ball: Through the 1890/91 Season Melvin I. Smith 2008 9781434362476 Students of the University of Virginia were playing pickup games of the kicking-style of football as early as 1870, and some accounts even claim it organized a game against Washington and Lee College in 1871, but no record has been found of the score of this contest. Due to scantness of records of the prior matches some will claim Virginia v. Pantops Academy November 13, 1887, as the first game in Virginia. Conference and program changes Team Former conference New conference Harvard Crimson Program established Independent Washington & Lee Generals Program established Independent McGill Redmen Program established Independent Eton Program established Independent CCNY Lavender Program established Independent NYU Violets Program established Independent VMI Keydets Program established Independent Princeton Seminary Program established Independent New Jersey AC Program established Independent Conference standings left References