1880 college football season

The 1880 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Princeton and Yale as having been selected national champions.^[1] On April 9, college football was first played in the state of Kentucky when Kentucky University defeated Centre 13⁠3/4⁠–0 at Stoll Field. It was one of the first in the South.

1880 college football season
1880 Princeton Tigers
Total No. of teams	16
Champion(s)	Princeton Yale
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Conference and program changes

Team	Former conference	New conference
Kentucky University	Program established	Independent
Centre	Program established	Independent
Philadelphia Crescent AC	Program established	Independent

Conference standings

1880 college football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					4	–	0	–	1
Yale			–					4	–	0	–	1
Kentucky University			–					2	–	0	–	0
Michigan			–					1	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					2	–	2	–	2
Penn			–					2	–	2	–	0
Rutgers			–					2	–	2	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	2	–	0
Amherst			–					0	–	1	–	1
Massachusetts			–					0	–	1	–	1
Stevens			–					1	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					0	–	1	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	1	–	0
Philadelphia Crescent AC			–					0	–	1	–	0
Toronto			–					0	–	1	–	0
Centre			–					0	–	2	–	0