1878 college football season

The 1878 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Princeton as having been selected national champions.[1]

Conference and program changes

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Team Former conference New conference
Brown Bears Program established Independent
Swarthmore Quakers Program established Independent

Conference standings

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1878 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   -   6 - 0 - 0
Yale   -   4 - 1 - 1
Columbia   -   0 - 0 - 1
CCNY   -   1 - 1 - 0
Stevens   -   1 - 1 - 2
Harvard   -   1 - 2 - 0
Penn   -   1 - 2 - 1
Rutgers   -   1 - 2 - 1
Amherst   -   1 - 3 - 0
Brown   -   0 - 1 - 0
Swarthmore   -   0 - 1 - 0

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.