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 6â4.[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]
Total No. of teams18
RegularseasonSeptember 29 to December 1
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| 1888 college football season |
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| Total No. of teams | 18 |
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| Regular season | September 29 to December 1 |
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| Champion | Yale |
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