1876 college football season explained

Year:	1876
Number Of Teams:	13
Champion:	Yale
Heisman:	Not awarded until 1935

The 1876 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Yale as having been selected national champions.^[1] On November 11, organized intercollegiate football was first played in the state of Pennsylvania as Princeton defeated Penn 6 - 0 in Philadelphia.^[2] This season was notable in the history of American football as it saw Walter Camp, widely considered to be the "Father" of the sport, participate as a freshman on the Yale team.

Conference and program changes

Team	Former conference	New conference
	Program established	Independent
	Program established	Independent
Philadelphia All-Stars	Program established	Independent

Conference standings

Notes and References

1. Book: Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book . 70 . The National Collegiate Athletic Association . August 2009 . Indianapolis, IN . 2009-10-16.
2. Web site: Penn Football:Origins To 1901. 2015-04-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923173453/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/sports/football/1800s/origins1.html. 2015-09-23. dead.