1890 college football season
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1890 Harvard team
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| Total # of teams | 18[1] | ||||
| Number of bowls | 0 | ||||
| Champions | Harvard Crimson | ||||
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The 1890 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Harvard as having been selected national champions.[2]
On November 22, college football was first played in the state of Kansas when the Baker Methodists defeated the Kansas Jayhawks by a score of 22–9.[3] On November 27, college football was first played in the state of Tennessee when the Vanderbilt Commodores defeated Nashville (Peabody) 40–0.[4]
Contents
Conference and program changes
| School | 1889 Conference | 1890 Conference |
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| Butler Bulldogs | Independent | IIAA |
| DePauw Tigers | Independent | IIAA |
| Earlham Hustlin' Quakers | Independent | IIAA |
| Hanover Panthers | Independent | IIAA |
| Indiana State Normal Sycamores | Independent | IIAA |
| Indiana Hoosiers | Independent | IIAA |
| Kansas Jayhawks | Program Established | Independent |
| Nashville | Program Established | Independent |
| Nebraska Old Gold Knights | Program Established | Independent |
| Purdue Boilermakers | Independent | IIAA |
| Rose Polytechnic Engineers | Independent | IIAA |
| Vanderbilt football | Program Established | Independent |
| Wabash Little Giants | Independent | IIAA |
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 | Dudley Dean | Sr. | Lake Village, New Hampshire | Harvard | ||
| HB | Bum McClung | 5'10" | 165 | Jr. | Knoxville, Tennessee | Yale |
| HB | John J. Corbett | Fr. | Boston, Massachusetts | Harvard | ||
| FB | Sheppard Homans, Jr. | Jr. | Englewood, New Jersey | Princeton | ||
| E | Frank Hallowell | So. | Medford, Massachusetts | Harvard | ||
| T | Marshall Newell | 5'7" | 168 | Fr. | Great Barrington, Massachusetts | Harvard |
| G | Pudge Heffelfinger | 6'4" | 178 | Jr. | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Yale |
| C | John Cranston | Sr. | Sheridan, New York | Harvard | ||
| G | Jesse Riggs | Jr. | Baltimore, Maryland | Princeton | ||
| T | William Rhodes | Sr. | Cleveland, Ohio | Yale | ||
| E | Ralph Warren | Jr. | Montclair, New Jersey | Princeton |
Statistical leaders
- Player scoring most points: Philip King, Princeton, 145
References
- ↑ http://www.jhowell.net/cf/cf1890.htm
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