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1902 college football season

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Start date
  
1902

Total # of teams
  
72

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Champions
  
Michigan Wolverines football, Yale Bulldogs football

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The 1902 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Michigan and Yale as having been selected national champions.

Contents

Conference changes

  • One conference began play in 1902:
  • Ohio Athletic Conference – now a Division III conference

    • Conference standings

    The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:

    All-Americans

    The consensus All-America team included:

    Statistical leaders

  • Player scoring most points: Albert E. Herrnstein, Michigan, 130
  • Rushing leader:: Willie Heston, Michigan, 487
  • Rushing avg leader: Willie Heston, 8.7
  • Rushing touchdowns leader: Al Herrnstein, 26

    • References

    1902 college football season Wikipedia
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