1891 college football season
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| 1891 college football season | |||||
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| Total # of teams | 26[1] | ||||
| Number of bowls | 0 | ||||
| Champions | Yale Bulldogs | ||||
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The 1891 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.[2]
Contents
Conference and program changes
| School | 1890 Conference | 1891 Conference |
|---|---|---|
| Sewanee Tigers | Program Established | Independent |
| Tennessee Volunteers | Program Established | Independent |
Awards and honors
All-Americans
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The consensus All-America team included:
| Position | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Class | Hometown | Team |
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| QB | Philip King | 5'6" | 154 | So. | Washington, D. C. | Princeton |
| HB | Everett J. Lake | Sr. | Woodstock, Connecticut | Harvard | ||
| HB | Bum McClung | 5'10" | 165 | Sr. | Knoxville, Tennessee | Yale |
| FB | Sheppard Homans, Jr. | Sr. | Englewood, New Jersey | Princeton | ||
| E | Frank Hinkey | 5'9" | 150 | Fr. | Tonawanda, New York | Yale |
| T | Wallace Winter | Jr. | Hudson, Wisconsin | Yale | ||
| G | Pudge Heffelfinger | 6'4" | 178 | Sr. | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Yale |
| C | John Adams | Sr. | Penn | |||
| G | Jesse Riggs | Sr. | Baltimore, Maryland | Princeton | ||
| T | Marshall Newell | 5'7" | 168 | So. | Great Barrington, Massachusetts | Harvard |
| E | John A. Hartwell | Sr. | Sussex, New Jersey | Yale |
Statistical leaders
- Player scoring most points: Bernard Trafford, Harvard, 270
References
- ↑ http://www.jhowell.net/cf/cf1891.htm
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