1902 college football season
The 1902 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Michigan and Yale as having been selected national champions.[2]
Conference and program changes
Conference changes
- One conference began play in 1902:
Membership changes
Conference standings
The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:
Minor conferences
Awards and honors
All-Americans
The consensus All-America team included:
Position |
Name |
Height |
Weight (lbs.) |
Class |
Hometown |
Team |
QB |
Foster Rockwell |
|
|
So. |
Vermont |
Yale |
HB |
George B. Chadwick |
|
|
Sr. |
Brooklyn, New York |
Yale |
HB |
Thomas A. Barry |
|
|
Sr. |
Brockton, Massachusetts |
Brown |
FB |
Blondy Graydon |
|
|
Sr. |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
Harvard |
E |
Tom Shevlin |
5'10" |
195 |
Fr. |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Yale |
T |
Ralph Kinney |
|
|
Jr. |
|
Yale |
T |
James Hogan |
5'10" |
210 |
So. |
County Tipperary, Ireland |
Yale |
G |
Edgar Glass |
|
|
Sr. |
Syracuse, New York |
Yale |
G |
John DeWitt |
6'1" |
198 |
Jr. |
Phillipsburg, New Jersey |
Princeton |
C |
Henry Holt |
|
|
Sr. |
Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, New York |
Yale |
C |
Robert Boyers |
|
|
Sr. |
Bellaire, Ohio |
Army |
G |
Bill Warner |
6'4" |
210 |
Sr. |
Springville, New York |
Cornell |
T |
Paul Bunker |
5'11" |
186 |
Sr. |
Alpena, Michigan |
Army |
E |
Edward Bowditch |
|
|
Jr. |
Albany, New York |
Harvard |
Statistical leaders
- Player scoring most points: Albert E. Herrnstein, Michigan, 130
- Rushing leader:: Willie Heston, Michigan, 487
- Rushing avg leader: Willie Heston, 8.7
- Rushing touchdowns leader: Al Herrnstein, 26
References