1881 college football season

1881 college football season
1881 college football season
	1881 Yale Bulldogs
Total No. of teams	22
Champion(s)	Princeton; Yale

The 1881 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]

Conference and program changes

Team	Former conference	New conference
Richmond Colts	Program established	Independent
Georgetown	Program established	Independent
Penn State	Program established	Independent
Columbian University	Program established	Independent
Dartmouth	Program established	Independent
Kentucky State College	Program established	Independent
Lewisburg	Program established	Independent
MIT Engineers	Program established	Independent
Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets	Program established	Independent

Conference standings

1881 college football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Richmond		–		2	–	0	–	0
Georgetown		–		1	–	0	–	0
Yale		–		5	–	0	–	1
Princeton		–		7	–	0	–	2
Penn State		–		1	–	0	–	0
Columbian University		–		1	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth		–		1	–	0	–	1
Harvard		–		6	–	1	–	1
Massachusetts		–		2	–	1	–	1
Kentucky University		–		2	–	1	–	0
Columbia		–		3	–	3	–	1
Rutgers		–		2	–	4	–	1
Stevens		–		1	–	2	–	1
Kentucky State College		–		1	–	2	–	0
CCNY		–		1	–	1	–	1
Amherst		–		0	–	3	–	2
Lewisburg		–		0	–	1	–	0
MIT		–		0	–	1	–	0
Wesleyan		–		0	–	1	–	0
Randolph–Macon		–		0	–	2	–	0
Michigan		–		0	–	3	–	0
Penn		–		0	–	5	–	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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