1875 college football season

1875 college football season
Total No. of teams	11
Champion(s)	Princeton Columbia Harvard
football seasons

The 1875 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Columbia, Harvard, and Princeton as having been selected national champions. Only Princeton claims a national championship for this season.

Conference and program changes

Team	Former conference	New conference
Wesleyan Methodists	Program established	Independent
Bates Bobcats	Program established	Independent
Canada All-Stars	Program established	Independent

Conference standings

1875 college football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					4	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					2	–	0	–	0
Columbia			–					4	–	1	–	1
Rutgers			–					1	–	1	–	1
Yale			–					2	–	2	–	0
Stevens			–					3	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					0	–	1	–	0
NYU			–					0	–	1	–	0
Wesleyan			–					0	–	1	–	0
Bates			–					0	–	1	–	0
Canada All-Stars			–					0	–	2	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	3	–	0

News about the Harvard v Yale game played under the "concessionary rules" in 1875

Chronicle of the Princeton v Columbia match, won by Princeton 6–2