1890 college football season

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The 1890 college football season was the season of American football played among colleges and universities in the United States during the 1890–91 academic year.

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The 1890 Harvard Crimson football team compiled a perfect 11–0 record, outscored opponents by a total of 555 to 12, and was recognized as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.[1]

In the Midwest, the Baker Methodists defeated the Kansas Jayhawks by a score of 22–9 in the first college football game played in Kansas.[2] In the South, Vanderbilt Commodores defeated Nashville (Peabody), 40–0, in the first college football game played in Tennessee.[3]

As the popularity of the sport increased, several notable programs were established in 1890, including Ohio State,Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Vanderbilt.

All eleven players selected by Caspar Whitney for the 1890 All-America college football team came from the Big Three (Harvard Princeton, and Yale). Three of the honorees have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: Harvard's great tackle Marshall "Ma" Newell, Yale's guard Pudge Heffelfinger, and Yale's halfback Thomas "Bum" McClung.

Conference and program changes

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School1889 Conference1890 Conference
Army Black KnightsProgram establishedIndependent
Butler BulldogsIndependentIIAA
Colorado Silver and GoldProgram establishedIndependent
DePauw TigersIndependentIIAA
Earlham Hustlin' QuakersIndependentIIAA
Hanover PanthersIndependentIIAA
Illinois IlliniProgram EstablishedIndependent
Indiana State Normal SycamoresIndependentIIAA
Indiana HoosiersIndependentIIAA
Kansas JayhawksProgram EstablishedIndependent
Missouri TigersProgram EstablishedIndependent
NashvilleProgram EstablishedIndependent
NebraskaProgram EstablishedIndependent
Ohio State Buckeyes Program Established Independent
Purdue BoilermakersIndependentIIAA
Rose Polytechnic EngineersIndependentIIAA
Vanderbilt footballProgram EstablishedIndependent
Wabash Little GiantsIndependentIIAA
Western Reserve footballProgram establishedIndependent
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Awards and honors

All-Americans

The consensus All-America team included:

Statistical leaders

  • Player scoring most points: Philip King, Princeton, 145

Conference standings

The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:

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1890 Colorado Football Association standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Colorado Mines $3–0–06–0–0
Denver2–1–03–2–0
Colorado College1–2–02–3–0
Colorado0–3–01–6–0
  • $ – Conference champion
1890 Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Williams $4–0–08–2–0
Amherst3–1–07–6–1
Dartmouth1–2–04–4–0
MIT0–2–03–4–2
Bowdoin0–3–04–4–0
  • $ – Conference champion
1890 Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Butler $3–0–13–0–1
Purdue2–1–03–3–0
Wabash0–3–00–3–0
  • $ – Conference champion
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Independents

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1890 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard â€“ 11–0–0
Yale â€“ 13–1–0
Princeton â€“ 11–1–1
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 8–2–0
Navy â€“ 5–1–1
Penn â€“ 11–3–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 2–1–0
Cornell â€“ 7–4–0
Lehigh â€“ 7–4–0
Syracuse â€“ 7–4–0
Springfield YMCA â€“ 5–3–0
Rutgers â€“ 5–5–1
Penn State â€“ 2–2–0
Western Univ. Penn â€“ 2–2–0
Colgate â€“ 1–1–0
Wesleyan â€“ 5–6–0
Tufts â€“ 2–3–0
NYU â€“ 2–4–0
Lafayette â€“ 2–5–1
Fordham â€“ 1–3–1
Brown â€“ 2–5–0
Bucknell â€“ 1–4–1
Massachusetts â€“ 1–4–0
Columbia â€“ 1–6–1
Army â€“ 0–1–0
Geneva â€“ 0–1–0
1890 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Nebraska â€“ 2–0–0
Washington University â€“ 2–0–0
Minnesota â€“ 5–1–1
Michigan â€“ 4–1–0
Northwestern â€“ 4–1–1
Missouri â€“ 2–1–0
Cincinnati â€“ 2–1–1
Lake Forest â€“ 5–3–0
Baker â€“ 1–1–0
Iowa â€“ 1–1–0
Illinois â€“ 1–2–0
Kansas â€“ 1–2–0
Ohio Wesleyan â€“ 1–3–0
Wisconsin â€“ 1–3–0
Ohio State â€“ 1–4–0
Doane â€“ 0–1–0
Washburn â€“ 0–1–0
Western Reserve â€“ 0–3–0
1890 Southern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Furman â€“ 2–0–0
Vanderbilt â€“ 1–0–0
Virginia â€“ 5–2–0
Navy â€“ 5–1–1
Delaware â€“ 3–2–0
Georgetown â€“ 3–3–1
Columbian â€“ 2–3–0
Johns Hopkins â€“ 0–1–0
Nashville â€“ 0–1–0
Trinity (NC) â€“ 0–1–0
Richmond â€“ 0–3–0
1890 Far West college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
California â€“ 4–0–0
Washington â€“ 0–0–1
Colorado â€“ 0–4–0
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