Total # of teams 18 | Champions Harvard Crimson | |
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The 1890 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Harvard as having been selected national champions.
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On November 22, college football was first played in the state of Kansas when the Baker Methodists defeated the Kansas Jayhawks by a score of 22–9. On November 27, college football was first played in the state of Tennessee when the Vanderbilt Commodores defeated Nashville (Peabody) 40–0.
All-Americans
The consensus All-America team included:
Statistical leaders
References
1890 college football season Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA