1892 college football season
The 1892 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Yale as having been selected national champions.[2]
On January 30, college football was first played in the state of Georgia or the Deep South when the Georgia Bulldogs defeated Mercer 7–6. On September 28 the first-ever American football game played outdoors at night took place, between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal. The lighting situation proved difficult and the game ended at halftime in a scoreless tie.[3]
Conference and program changes
Conference establishments
Membership changes
Conference standings
The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:
Awards and honors
All-Americans
The consensus All-America team included:
Position |
Name |
Height |
Weight (lbs.) |
Class |
Hometown |
Team |
QB |
Philip King |
5'6" |
154 |
Jr. |
Washington, D. C. |
Princeton |
HB |
Vance McCormick |
|
|
Sr. |
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
Yale |
HB |
Harry Thayer |
|
|
Sr. |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Penn |
FB |
Charley Brewer |
5'9" |
150 |
Fr. |
Hopkinton, Massachusetts |
Harvard |
E |
Frank Hinkey |
5'9" |
150 |
So. |
Tonawanda, New York |
Yale |
T |
Alexander Hamilton Wallis |
|
|
Sr. |
Jersey City, New Jersey |
Yale |
G |
Art Wheeler |
|
|
So. |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Princeton |
C |
William H. Lewis |
|
175 |
Jr. |
Petersburg, Virginia |
Harvard |
G |
Bert Waters |
|
|
So. |
Boston, Massachusetts |
Harvard |
T |
Marshall Newell |
5'7" |
168 |
So. |
Great Barrington, Massachusetts |
Harvard |
E |
Frank Hallowell |
|
|
Sr. |
Medford, Massachusetts |
Harvard |
Statistical leaders
- Player scoring most points: Philip King, Princeton, 105
See also
References