1879 college football season explained

Year:	1879
Number Of Teams:	18
Champion:	Princeton Yale
Heisman:	Not awarded until 1935

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

Team	Former conference	New conference
	Program established	Independent
	Program established	Independent
	Program established	Independent
	Program established	Independent
	Program established	Independent
	Program established	Independent
Toronto	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. http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/navy_database.htm Navy Football History Database