1889 college football season
| 1889 college football season | |||||
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1889 Princeton team
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| Total # of teams | 21[1] | ||||
| Number of bowls | 0 | ||||
| Champions | Princeton Tigers | ||||
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The 1889 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Princeton as having been selected national champions.[2] On December 14, Wofford defeated Furman played the first intercollegiate game in the state of South Carolina. The game featured no uniforms, no positions, and the rules were formulated before the game.[3] Wofford won 5 to 1.
This was the first season an attempt was made to recognize individuals on an All-American team.
Awards and honors
All-Americans
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The consensus All-America team included:
| Position | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Class | Hometown | Team |
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| QB | Edgar Allan Poe | Jr. | Baltimore, Maryland | Princeton | ||
| HB | Roscoe Channing | 141 | Sr. | New York, New York | Princeton | |
| HB | James P. Lee | Jr. | New York, New York | Harvard | ||
| FB | Snake Ames | 5'10" | 157 | Sr. | Chicago, Illinois | Princeton |
| E | Amos Alonzo Stagg | Sr. | West Orange, New Jersey | Yale | ||
| T | Hector Cowan | Sr. | Hobart, New York | Princeton | ||
| G | Pudge Heffelfinger | 6'4" | 178 | So. | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Yale |
| C | William George | Sr. | Princeton | |||
| G | John Cranston | Jr. | Sheridan, New York | Harvard | ||
| T | Charles O. Gill | Sr. | Walpole, Massachusetts | Yale | ||
| E | Arthur Cumnock | Jr. | Danielson, Connecticut | Harvard |
Statistical leaders
- Player scoring most points: Bum McClung, Yale, 176
References
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- ↑ http://www.jhowell.net/cf/cf1889.htm
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- ↑ Furman 2014 FB Record Book
