1888 college football season | |||||
1888 Yale Bulldogs | |||||
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The 1888 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] October 18 saw the first intercollegiate game in the state of North Carolina when Wake Forest defeated North Carolina 6–4.[2] The first "scientific game" occurred on Thanksgiving of the same year when North Carolina played Duke (then Trinity). Duke won 16 to 0.[3]
Conference and program changes[]
School | 1887 Conference | 1888 Conference |
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Southern California Methodists | Program established | Independent |
Statistical leaders[]
- Player scoring most points: Knowlton Ames, Princeton, 243
Conference standings[]
The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:
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References[]
- ↑ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book. Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. pp. 70. http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/football_records/DI/2009/2009FBS.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
- ↑ "Wake Forest: A Look Back". http://www.wfu.edu/history/HST_WFU/pub_wfu.html.
- ↑ "Trinity College To Have Football Season". Winston-Salem Journal: p. 5. July 25, 1920.
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