The 1892 season
189 games on file. The AP poll didn’t exist yet. Share
Scoreboards
Conference champions
- Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Purdue
- Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest
- Minnesota
From each program’s Wikipedia article, with the conference’s name that season. Titles come from the articles of today’s FBS and FCS programs, so a title shared with a school outside them lists only one champion.
Consensus All-Americans
- EFrank Hinkey, Yale
- EFrank Hallowell, Harvard
- OTAlexander Hamilton Wallis, Yale
- OTMarshall Newell, Harvard
- OGArt Wheeler, Princeton
- OGBert Waters, Harvard
- CWilliam H. Lewis, Harvard
- QBPhilip King, Princeton
- RBVance McCormick, Yale
- RBHarry Thayer, Penn
- FBCharley Brewer, Harvard
Players picked by enough of the major selectors to count as consensus, shown in bold in Wikipedia’s 1892 All-America article. Every selector’s teams, first to last, are on the 1892 All-America teams page.
From the newspapers
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Yale and Princeton Battle Ferociously. A Fierce Fight for the Foot ball Championship. The Yales Win After q Most Des. perate Struggle. Boston Beats Chicago-Cornell Defeats tho University of Michigan--Wesleyans Drubbed by the QuAk- ers-Other Games. BY the Associated Press. dogs and tigers The quick flashes o’ Princeton’s yellow; the fierce CLEANS cl Yale’s blue; the grip of sharp tackllne claws; the CLINT Of the set teeth, and over all the hoarse laundering of an army OF maniacs. This was the scene at the great annual football game, the contestants being Yale’s eleven against that OF Princeton. After a fierce battle Yale won by score OF IL to 0. The largest and most enthusiastic crowd that was ever seen on ball field was in attendance. The weather was perfect-clear and cold. Early in the day coaches, gaily decorated with col lege colors, dlled With hilarious studen ts and young ladies’, were headed for the grounds. By noon the lower part OF the city was deserted, and the upper thronged by gay crowds rushing toward the goal OF the day. At2p. m. the leagues came on the field, and after preliminary practice tossed for positions. Princeton won and took the west goal, the wind strongly in her favor. Yale had the ball. The teams then lined up and the fun COM menced at 2:05. Yale went to work without delay and inside of four minutes secured touch down from which a goal was kicked. The Yale followers, we’re wild with exelement. Score--Yale, &; Princeton, 0. Princeton now got the ball and by a wedge and punt put 1t to ‘Yale’s Toyard line. Yale rallied and despite the desperate defensive tactics by Princeton, regained 20 yards. They lost the bali and it landed on Yale’s 25.yard line. Yale waA then on the defensive, but Princeton played bucking game, and put the ball on Yale’s 15-yard line again. Two attempts by Princeton, at goal from the field, failed, and Yale landed the ball on her 20 yard line. Yale formed wedge and forced the ball to Princeton’s center; Princeton rallied and worked the ball to Yale’s 30-yard line. Yale made hard fight, and the ball was again in the center. The Princetons now rushed, and the line was broken the ball again went to Prince ton territory. Up to the 15-yard line it went; then the tide was stemmed. and it went back to the center, in Yale’s hands, but was forced up to Princeton’s 20 yard line. Princeton then forced the ball back to center, but Yale got it, and, after worrying back and forth. succeeded in reaching Princeton’s 40.yard line. Two or three men had been hurt up to this time, but they continued to play. Princeton tried and carried the sphere into the Yale’s territory and finally reached the 40 yard line, but could not hold the advantage and Princeton had the ball on the center line. Princeton finally reached Yale’s 10yard line. but Yale rallied and forced the opponents back to Princeton’s 30-yard line, when time was called for the first half, with. out further score than Yale’s touch down and goal. Princeton’s fine play caused general surprise; it was especially strong in tackling and blocking. Yale was much of the time on the defensive and their fumbling was very noticeable, attributed to cold. The second half opened with Prince toms bail, and 1t was soon forced to Yale’s 80 yard line, but Yale rallied, and soon the ball was in Princeton ter ritory. Laurie Bliss of Yale made q fine run of 25 yards, but was savagely’ attacked and went down with a bad y sprained knee. He continued playing, however. It was now Yale’s ball on Princeton’s 25-yard line, but Princeton forced it back to the 35 yard line and finally over the center into Yale’s terri tory. Yale forced it back gradually. when Bliss caught the ball and gained 16 yards. Butterworth carried it 16 more, while Wallis, Yale’s right tackle, carried 1t five yards further. Princeton took the bsll on the 40-yard line and forced it to Yale’s 80 yard line. Here they tusseled for some time, until Homans made a disastrous kick. The ball struck Stillman and bounded across the white line of the Princeton goal. Princeton’s quarter back missed it, and Stillman made q touch down and glory enough for the rest of his life. Butter worth kicked an easy goal just % min utes after the half was called. score Yale, 12; Princeton, o. During the remainder of the half nothing was scored. although the Princetons fought like tigers. They forced the ball in the Yales’ territory and made them act violently on the deiensive. Trenchard, Princeton’a right. was slightly hurt but did not give up. The tables were turned and Princeton Was compelled to ,confine its efforts to keeping Yale from scoring again. and succeeded. When time was called the ball was left at Princeton’s 10-yard line. Yale ned won. With q swift tidal wave of 10000 people rolling in upon them, the bruised and battered tigers msssed themselves in q yellow and black bunch, and lifted up their voices in hoarse yell for Yale. Ten feet away the yictors, equally bruised and bleed. inp. piped up in series Of sharp and ehrili barks for Princeton. Cornell Boats Ann Arbor. DETROIT, Mich, Nov. 24.-Two thou. s.nd peopie saw Cornell defeat the Uni versity Of Michigan at the Detroit athletic grounds this afternoon. The came abounded in brilliant work, considerable slugging and much bad feel ING. Grosch and johnson OF the home tesm. and the victors respectively, were badly pummeled and carried from the f3eld. Jewett Of the university ol Michipan Yves ruled off for slugging. gcore-Cornell, 80; Michigan, TO- Boston Defeats Chicago. CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-The football game hetveen the teams of the Boston ano nnmher ne cough cure Mr.. Jas. H Bar nat Q18 C-dar ST.. Buffalo, N. r.. writes thus