1874 college football season

1874 college football season
Harvard vs. McGill game on May 15
Total No. of teams	9
Champion(s)	Princeton Yale
football seasons

The 1874 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Princeton, Harvard, and Yale as having been selected national champions.^[1] Only Princeton and Yale officially claim championships for this season.

The Harvard vs. McGill game played on May 15, 1874, was the first rugby-style football game played in the United States.^[2]

Conference and program changes

Team	Former conference	New conference
Tufts Jumbos	Program established	Independent

Conference standings

1874 college football records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Yale			–					3	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					2	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					1	–	1	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	0	–	0
Stevens			–					3	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	3	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					0	–	1	–	0
McGill			–					0	–	1	–	0

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.
2. "No Christian End!" (PDF). The Journey to Camp: The Origins of American Football to 1889. Professional Football Researchers Association. Retrieved January 26, 2010.