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1881 College Football Schedule and Results

Champions: Yale (NCF)

30 Games

30 Games Table
Rk	Wk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
1	1	Oct 8, 1881	Sat	Harvard	2	@	Montreal	0
Rk	Wk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
2	2	Oct 15, 1881	Sat	Harvard	9	@	Ottawa	1
3	2	Oct 15, 1881	Sat	Princeton	3		Rutgers	0
Rk	Wk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
4	3	Oct 22, 1881	Sat	Harvard	2	@	Britannia	0
5	3	Oct 22, 1881	Sat	Princeton	7		Stevens	0
Rk	Wk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
6	4	Oct 29, 1881	Sat	Princeton	7	@	Pennsylvania	0
7	4	Oct 29, 1881	Sat	Yale	2	@	Amherst	0
8	4	Oct 31, 1881	Mon	Columbia	3	@	Stevens	1
9	4	Oct 31, 1881	Mon	Harvard	1		Michigan	0
Rk	Wk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
10	5	Nov 2, 1881	Wed	Harvard	2	N	Pennsylvania	0
11	5	Nov 2, 1881	Wed	Yale	2		Michigan	0
12	5	Nov 3, 1881	Thu	Stevens	1		Rutgers	0
13	5	Nov 4, 1881	Fri	Princeton	1		Michigan	0
14	5	Nov 5, 1881	Sat	City College of New York	2	@	Stevens	2
15	5	Nov 5, 1881	Sat	Harvard	1		Columbia	0
16	5	Nov 5, 1881	Sat	Princeton	4		Pennsylvania	0
17	5	Nov 5, 1881	Sat	Yale	4		Amherst	0
Rk	Wk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
18	6	Nov 8, 1881	Tue	Columbia	0	@	Rutgers	0
19	6	Nov 10, 1881	Thu	Princeton	1	@	Rutgers	0
20	6	Nov 12, 1881	Sat	Dartmouth	1	@	Amherst	0
21	6	Nov 12, 1881	Sat	Princeton	1		Columbia	0
22	6	Nov 12, 1881	Sat	Yale	1		Harvard	0
Rk	Wk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
23	7	Nov 16, 1881	Wed	Yale	1	@	Columbia	0
24	7	Nov 17, 1881	Thu	Rutgers	10		City College of New York	0
25	7	Nov 19, 1881	Sat	Dartmouth	0	@	Amherst	0
26	7	Nov 19, 1881	Sat	Princeton	0	N	Harvard	0
27	7	Nov 19, 1881	Sat	Rutgers	2	@	Pennsylvania	1
Rk	Wk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
28	8	Nov 23, 1881	Wed	Columbia	1		Rutgers	0
29	8	Nov 24, 1881	Thu	Yale	0	N	Princeton	0
30	8	Nov 26, 1881	Sat	Columbia	2	@	Pennsylvania	0

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