1879 college football season
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| 1879 college football season | |||||
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Michigan Wolverines
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| Total # of teams | 7[1] | ||||
| Number of bowls | 0 | ||||
| Champions | Princeton Tigers Yale Bulldogs |
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The 1879 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Princeton and Yale having been selected as national champions.[2]
Racine College and the University of Michigan played the first football game in the Midwest. The 1879 Michigan Wolverines football team beat Racine in a game played in Chicago.
Navy also had its first game; the team did not have a coach until 1890.[3]
Conference and program changes
| School | 1878 Conference | 1879 Conference |
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| Michigan Wolverines | Program Established | Independent |
References
- ↑ http://www.jhowell.net/cf/cf1879.htm
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/navy_database.htm
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