1880 college football season

1880 college football season
1880 college football season
	1880 Princeton Tigers
Total No. of teams	16
Champion(s)	Princeton; Yale

The 1880 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Princeton and Yale as having been selected national champions.^[1] On April 9, college football was first played in the state of Kentucky when Kentucky University defeated Centre 13⁠3/4⁠–0 at Stoll Field. It was one of the first in the South.

Conference and program changes

Team	Former conference	New conference
Kentucky University	Program established	Independent
Centre	Program established	Independent
Philadelphia Crescent AC	Program established	Independent

Conference standings

1880 college football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Princeton		–		4	–	0	–	1
Yale		–		4	–	0	–	1
Kentucky University		–		2	–	0	–	0
Michigan		–		1	–	0	–	0
Harvard		–		2	–	2	–	2
Penn		–		2	–	2	–	0
Rutgers		–		2	–	2	–	0
Columbia		–		1	–	2	–	0
Amherst		–		0	–	1	–	1
Massachusetts		–		0	–	1	–	1
Stevens		–		1	–	4	–	0
Brown		–		0	–	1	–	0
CCNY		–		0	–	1	–	0
Philadelphia Crescent AC		–		0	–	1	–	0
Toronto		–		0	–	1	–	0
Centre		–		0	–	2	–	0

References

^ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved October 16, 2009.

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[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.

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