American college football season
1876 college football season |
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![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Yale_football_1876.jpg/220px-Yale_football_1876.jpg) 1876 Yale team |
Total No. of teams | 13 |
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Champion(s) | Yale |
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The 1876 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] On November 11, organized intercollegiate football was first played in the state of Pennsylvania as Princeton defeated Penn 6–0 in Philadelphia.[2] This season was notable in the history of American football as it saw Walter Camp, widely considered to be the "Father" of the sport, participate as a freshman on the Yale team.