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1879 college football season

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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.[1]

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.

The US Naval Academy also had its first game; the team did not have a coach until 1890.[2]

Conference and program changes

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Team Former conference New conference
Michigan Wolverines Program established Independent
Massachusetts Aggies Program established Independent
Haverford Fords Program established Independent
Navy Midshipmen Program established Independent
Pennsylvania Military Program established Independent
Racine College Program established Independent
Toronto Program established Independent

Conference standings

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Depiction of the Princeton v Yale game by Arthur B. Frost
1879 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton     4 0 1
Yale     3 0 2
Massachusetts     1 0 0
Michigan     1 0 1
Haverford     1 0 1
Harvard     2 1 2
Penn     2 2 0
Amherst     1 1 0
Navy     0 0 1
McGill     0 0 1
Toronto     0 0 1
Stevens     1 2 5
Rutgers     1 2 3
Pennsylvania Military     0 1 1
NYU     0 2 1
Racine     0 1 0
Swarthmore     0 1 0
Columbia     0 3 2

References

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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.
  2. ^ Navy Football History Database