1879 college football season | ||
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![]() 1879 Yale Bulldogs | ||
Total No. of teams | 18 | |
Champion(s) | Princeton Yale | |
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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]