1880 Kentucky University football team

American college football season March 2026 August 2023 1880 Kentucky University football Independent 2–0 None none The 1880 Kentucky University football team represented Kentucky University—now known as Transylvania University—in the 1880 college football season. This was Kentucky U's first ever season. The first game is claimed as the first game ever played in the south at Stoll Field, though Washington & Lee and VMI played earlier games; it's the first game in the state of Kentucky. The game was said to have resembled a combination of soccer and rugby.http://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/153#.VQKyUOF4D20 Stoll Field Becky Riddle March 13, 2015https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=266&dat=19710719&id=9_ErAAAAIBAJ&pg=873,1659996 Stoll Field Holds Many Memories July 19, 1971 March 13, 2015 11 Google news https://books.google.com/books?id=CcceBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA843 843 John E Kleber The Kentucky Encyclopedia Google books March 13, 2015 February 5, 2015 9780813159010 Kentucky U won both its games over Centre College. Schedule April 9 w Centre cow pasture Lexington, KY 13¾–0 April 16 w y Centre cow pasture Danville, KY 5½–0http://library.centre.edu/sc/digital/football_1890.html Centre College Football Record (1880-1899) 2015-08-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105651/http://library.centre.edu/sc/digital/football_1890.html 2015-04-02 dead See also List of the first college football game in each US state References Kentucky University Category:Transylvania Pioneers football seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Kentucky University football