The 1876 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Yale as having been selected national champions.[1] On November 11, organized intercollegiate football was first played in the state of Pennsylvania as Princeton defeated Penn 60 in Philadelphia.[2] This season was notable in the history of American football as it saw Walter Camp, widely considered to be the "Father" of the sport, participate as a freshman on the Yale team.

Conference and program changes

School1875 Conference1876 Conference
Penn QuakersProgram EstablishedIndependent
Northwestern WildcatsProgram EstablishedIndependent

Conference standings

1876 college football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale    3 0 0
Rutgers    1 0 0
Harvard    3 1 0
Princeton    3 2 0
Stevens    2 2 0
CCNY    1 1 0
Penn    1 2 0
Columbia    1 3 0
Canada All-Stars    0 1 0
McGill    0 1 0
Northwestern    0 1 0
Philadelphia All-Stars    0 1 0
NYU    0 2 0

References

  1. Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
  2. "Penn Football:Origins To 1901". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2015.


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