1910 college football season

The 1910 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Harvard and Pittsburgh as having been selected national champions.[1] Only Harvard claims a national championship for the 1910 season.

1910 college football season
Michigan vs. Penn
Champion(s)Harvard
football seasons

Rules

Rule changes were made prior to the 1910 season to permit more use of the forward pass, with complicated limitations:[2]

  • The only eligible receivers were the two ends, who could catch a pass no more than 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage, and could not be interfered with until the ball was caught.
  • A legal pass could not be thrown unless the quarterback was at least 5 yards behind the line of scrimmage and the rest of the players, except the two ends, were at least 1 yard behind the scrimmage line.
  • On kickoffs and punts, the kicking team's players could not be touched until they had advanced 20 yards
  • Flying tackles were outlawed, and "the man making a tackle must have at least one foot on the ground".
  • The ballcarrier could no longer be aided in any way by his teammates.

Other rules in 1910 were:

  • Field 110 yards in length
  • Kickoff made from midfield
  • Three downs to gain ten yards
  • Touchdown worth 5 points
  • Field goal worth 3 points
  • Game time based on agreement of the teams, not to exceed two 45 minute halves.[3]

The season ran from September 24 until Thanksgiving Day (November 24).[4] Prior to Thanksgiving, the season's death toll was 22; the previous season's was thirty.[5]

Conference and program changes

Conference changes
School1909 Conference1910 Conference
The Citadel BulldogsIndependentSIAA
Denver PioneersIndependentRocky Mountain
Howard BulldogsIndependentSIAA
Indiana State Normal Fightin' TeachersIndependentDropped Program
Louisville CardinalsProgram EstablishedIndependent
Utah UtesIndependentRocky Mountain

Program changes
  • Arkansas changed its nickname from the Cardinals to the current Razorbacks.

Conference standings

Major conference standings

The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:

1910 Missouri Valley football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Nebraska $ 2 –0 –0  7 –0 –1
Iowa 3 –1 –0  5 –2 –0
Missouri 2 –1 –1  4 –2 –2
Iowa State 2 –2 –0  4 –4 –0
Kansas 1 –1 –1  6 –1 –1
Washington University 0 –2 –0  3 –4 –0
Drake 0 –3 –0  3 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1910 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Colorado College + 5 –0 –0  7 –0 –0
Colorado + 3 –0 –0  6 –0 –0
Utah 2 –2 –0  4 –2 –0
Denver 2 –2 –0  4 –3 –1
Wyoming 1 –4 –0  4 –4 –0
Colorado Mines 1 –4 –0  2 –4 –0
Colorado Agricultural 0 –4 –0  0 –5 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1910 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Vanderbilt + 5 –0 –0  8 –0 –1
Auburn + 5 –0 –0  6 –1 –0
Central University + 3 –0 –0  9 –0 –0
Sewanee 3 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
Georgia 4 –2 –1  6 –2 –1
Ole Miss 2 –1 –0  7 –1 –0
Mississippi A&M 3 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Mercer 3 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Georgia Tech 3 –3 –0  5 –3 –0
Clemson 2 –3 –1  4 –3 –1
LSU 1 –3 –0  1 –5 –0
Tennessee 1 –4 –0  3 –5 –1
The Citadel 0 –2 –0  3 –4 –0
Alabama 0 –4 –0  4 –4 –0
Howard (AL) 0 –5 –0  1 –7 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1910 Western Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Illinois + 4 –0 –0  7 –0 –0
Minnesota + 2 –0 –0  6 –1 –0
Indiana 3 –1 –0  5 –1 –0
Iowa 1 –1 –0  5 –2 –0
Chicago 2 –4 –0  2 –5 –0
Wisconsin 1 –2 –1  1 –2 –2
Northwestern 1 –2 –1  1 –3 –1
Purdue 0 –4 –0  1 –5 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

Independents
1910 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Pittsburgh   –    9 –0 –0
Harvard   –    9 –0 –1
Penn   –    9 –1 –1
Princeton   –    7 –1 –0
Trinity (CT)   –    7 –1 –0
Rhode Island State   –    5 –1 –1
Lafayette   –    7 –2 –0
Army   –    6 –2 –0
Brown   –    7 –2 –1
Yale   –    6 –2 –2
Dartmouth   –    5 –2 –0
Cornell   –    5 –2 –1
Penn State   –    5 –2 –1
Colgate   –    4 –2 –1
Franklin & Marshall   –    4 –3 –2
Syracuse   –    5 –4 –1
Rutgers   –    3 –2 –3
Carlisle   –    8 –6 –0
Temple   –    3 –3 –0
Wash. & Jeff.   –    3 –3 –1
Wesleyan   –    4 –4 –1
Geneva   –    2 –5 –2
NYU   –    2 –4 –1
Lehigh   –    2 –6 –1
Bucknell   –    2 –6 –0
Carnegie Tech   –    1 –6 –1
Boston College   –    0 –4 –2
Tufts   –    1 –7 –1
Villanova   –    0 –4 –2
1910 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Wabash   –    4 –0 –0
Michigan Agricultural   –    6 –1 –0
St. Mary's (OH)   –    5 –1 –0
Central Michigan   –    5 –1 –1
Marquette   –    6 –1 –2
Notre Dame   –    4 –1 –1
Buchtel   –    7 –2 –0
Saint Louis   –    7 –2 –0
Michigan   –    3 –0 –3
Fairmount   –    6 –2 –1
Lake Forest   –    5 –2 –0
Western State (MI)   –    4 –2 –0
Mount Union   –    4 –2 –2
Detroit College   –    3 –2 –0
Doane   –    3 –2 –1
Butler   –    4 –3 –1
Rose Poly   –    4 –4 –0
North Dakota Agricultural   –    2 –3 –0
Carthage   –    2 –4 –0
Ohio Northern   –    2 –5 –0
Iowa State Teachers   –    1 –4 –1
Haskell   –    2 –7 –0
Heidelberg   –    1 –7 –0
Michigan State Normal   –    0 –5 –1
1910 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Navy   –    8 –0 –1
North Carolina A&M   –    4 –0 –2
Spring Hill   –    3 –0 –1
Texas A&M   –    8 –1 –0
Arkansas   –    7 –1 –0
Florida   –    6 –1 –0
Baylor   –    6 –1 –1
Georgetown   –    6 –1 –1
Kentucky State   –    7 –2 –0
Davidson   –    3 –4 –2
Texas   –    6 –2 –0
Virginia   –    6 –2 –0
Chattanooga   –    5 –2 –1
Kendall   –    2 –1 –1
Maryland   –    4 –3 –1
Oklahoma   –    4 –2 –1
South Carolina   –    4 –4 –0
VMI   –    3 –3 –1
Oklahoma A&M   –    3 –4 –0
West Virginia   –    2 –4 –1
Catholic University   –    2 –4 –0
North Carolina   –    3 –6 –0
Wake Forest   –    2 –7 –0
Delaware   –    1 –2 –2
William & Mary   –    1 –7 –1
Mississippi College   –    0 –4 –0
Southwest Texas   –    0 –4 –0
Tulane   –    0 –7 –0
1910 Western college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Washington   –    6 –0 –0
USC   –    7 –0 –1
Oregon   –    4 –1 –0
Utah Agricultural   –    5 –2 –0
Hawaii   –    4 –2 –0
Idaho   –    4 –2 –0
Montana   –    3 –2 –1
Oregon Agricultural   –    3 –2 –1
New Mexico A&M   –    3 –2 –0
Washington State   –    2 –3 –0
New Mexico   –    0 –3 –0

Minor conferences
Conference Champion(s) Record
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Kansas State Agricultural 4–0
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Alma 1–0
Ohio Athletic Conference Oberlin 3–0–1

Minor conference standings
1910 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Southern Illinois   –  –   7 –1 –0
1910 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Oberlin $ 3 –0 –1  5 –1 –2
Case 5 –1 –0  6 –1 –1
Ohio State 5 –1 –2  5 –1 –3
Cincinnati 3 –1 –0  5 –3 –0
Western Reserve 4 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Ohio Wesleyan 3 –3 –0  6 –3 –0
Miami (OH) 1 –1 –0  2 –4 –1
Denison 3 –4 –2  3 –4 –2
Wooster 1 –4 –1  1 –6 –1
Kenyon 1 –5 –0  1 –6 –1
Wittenberg 0 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
Ohio 0 –1 –0  0 –6 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

Awards and honors

All-Americans
Main article: 1910 College Football All-America Team

The consensus All-America team included Walter Camp's selections:

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB Earl Sprackling 5'9" 150 Jr. Cleveland, Ohio Brown
HB Percy Wendell So. Roxbury, Massachusetts Harvard
HB Talbot Pendleton Princeton
FB Leroy Mercer So. Penn
E Stanfield Wells Jr. Massillon, Ohio Michigan
T Robert McKay Sr. Harvard
G Albert Benbrook 240 Sr. Chicago, Illinois Michigan
C Ernest Cozens Sr. Penn
G Bob Fisher Jr. Boston, Massachusetts Harvard
T James Walker Minnesota
E John Kilpatrick Yale

References
  1. Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
  2. "New Football As Walter Camp Sees It", New York Times, September 15, 1910
  3. Danzig, Allison (1956). The History of American Football: Its Great Teams, Players, and Coaches. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. pp. 70–71.
  4. "Football Under New Rules Starts To-Day", New York Times, September 24, 1910
  5. "Death toll of football season". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). November 23, 1910. p. 6.
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