| 1876 college football season | ||
|---|---|---|
 1876 Yale team | ||
| Total No. of teams | 13 | |
| Champion(s) | Yale | |
| ||
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.
- ^ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
- ^ "Penn Football:Origins To 1901". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2015.