1889 college football season

1889 Princeton team

Total # of teams

21^[1]

Number of bowls

College football seasons
« 1888	1890 »

The 1889 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Princeton as having been selected national champions.^[2] On December 14, Wofford defeated Furman played the first intercollegiate game in the state of South Carolina. The game featured no uniforms, no positions, and the rules were formulated before the game.^[3] Wofford won 5 to 1.

This was the first season an attempt was made to recognize individuals on an All-American team.

Conference and program changes

The Western Interstate University Football Association began its first season of play

School	1888 Conference	1889 Conference
Iowa College Pioneers	Program established	Independent
State University of Iowa Hawkeyes	Program established	Independent
Washington football	Program established	Independent

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1889 College Football All-America Team

The consensus All-America team included:

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Edgar Allan Poe			Jr.	Baltimore, Maryland	Princeton
HB	Roscoe Channing		141	Sr.	New York, New York	Princeton
HB	James P. Lee			Jr.	New York, New York	Harvard
FB	Snake Ames	5'10"	157	Sr.	Chicago, Illinois	Princeton
E	Amos Alonzo Stagg			Sr.	West Orange, New Jersey	Yale
T	Hector Cowan			Sr.	Hobart, New York	Princeton
G	Pudge Heffelfinger	6'4"	178	So.	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Yale
C	William George			Sr.		Princeton
G	John Cranston			Jr.	Sheridan, New York	Harvard
T	Charles O. Gill			Sr.	Walpole, Massachusetts	Yale
E	Arthur Cumnock			Jr.	Danielson, Connecticut	Harvard

Statistical leaders

Player scoring most points: Bum McClung, Yale, 176

Conference standings

1889 college football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Yale		–		15	–	1	–	0
Harvard		–		9	–	2	–	0
USC		–		2	–	0	–	0
Notre Dame		–		1	–	0	–	0
Washington		–		0	–	1	–	0
Columbia		–		2	–	7	–	2

References

↑ http://www.jhowell.net/cf/cf1889.htm
↑ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
↑ Furman 2014 FB Record Book

NCAA football seasons

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NCAA Division I-AA/FCS	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

NCAA Division II	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

NCAA Division III	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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