1875 college football season

The 1875 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Columbia, Harvard, and Princeton as having been selected national champions.^[1] Only Princeton claims a national championship for this season.

1875 college football season
Total No. of teams	11
Champion(s)	Princeton Columbia Harvard
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Conference and program changes

Team	Former conference	New conference
Wesleyan Methodists	Program established	Independent
Bates Bobcats	Program established	Independent
Canada All-Stars	Program established	Independent

Conference standings

1875 college football records v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Harvard   –   4 – 0 – 0 Princeton   –   2 – 0 – 0 Columbia   –   4 – 1 – 1 Rutgers   –   1 – 1 – 1 Yale   –   2 – 2 – 0 Stevens   –   3 – 3 – 0 Tufts   –   0 – 1 – 0 NYU   –   0 – 1 – 0 Wesleyan   –   0 – 1 – 0 Bates   –   0 – 1 – 0 Canada All-Stars   –   0 – 2 – 0 CCNY   –   0 – 3 – 0

News about the Harvard v Yale game played under the "concessionary rules" in 1875

Chronicle of the Princeton v Columbia match, won by Princeton 6–2

References

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.