1894 college football season

American college football season August 2023 1894 Stanford_football_1894.jpg 1894 Stanford football team 27 August 31, 1894 to January 4, 1895 PennsylvaniaPrincetonYale Not awarded until 1935 The 1894 college football season was the season of American football played among colleges and universities in the United States during the 1894–95 academic year. The 1894 Yale Bulldogs football team compiled a perfect 16–0 record, outscored opponents by a total of 485 to 13, and has been recognized as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, and National Championship Foundation, and as co-champion by Parke H. Davis.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf National Poll Rankings National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2015 NCAA Division I Football Records NCAA 107 January 4, 2016 1892 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1892-schedule.html Penn also compiled a perfect record (12–0) and was recognized as the co-national champion by Parke H. Davis. Despite suffering losses to both Yale and Penn, Princeton was recognized as the national champion under the Houlgate System. All eleven players selected by Caspar Whitney and Walter Camp to the 1894 All-America college football team came from the Big Three (Princeton, Yale, and Harvard) or Penn. Six of the honorees have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: halfback George Brooke, end Frank Hinkey (Yale), end Charlie Gelbert, tackle Langdon Lea (Princeton), guard Art Wheeler (Princeton), and guard Bill Hickok (Yale). New programs established in 1894 included Arkansas, Oregon, and Texas A&M. On November 29, college football was first played in the state of Florida by Stetson University.http://www2.stetson.edu/alumni/homecoming/history.php History November 24, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150226234253/http://www2.stetson.edu/alumni/homecoming/history.php February 26, 2015 dead Conference and program changes Conference changes Three conferences began play in 1894: Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association – active until 1899 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – now a Division III conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association – active until 1942 Two conferences played their final seasons in 1894: Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association – founded in 1890 Middle States Intercollegiate Football League – founded in 1893 Membership changes School 1893 Conference 1894 Conference Arkansas Industrial Cardinals Program Established Independent Buffalo football Program Established Independent Idaho football Program Established IndependentJohns Hopkins Blue JaysIndependentMIFAMaryland Agricultural TerrapinsIndependentMIFA Oregon Webfoots Program Established Independent Texas A&M Aggies Program Established Independent Conference standings Major conference standings Independents Minor conferences ConferenceChampion(s)Record Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Albion 3–0–0 Minor independents See also 1894 College Football All-America Team References