EARLY AMERICAN RUGBY STYLE COLLEGE CHAMPIONS SEASONS 1872/73 - 1889/90 TEAM RECORD RATING RUNNERUP DIVISION I CARRYING GAME 1858/59 - 1870/72 N/A BOSTON RULES GAME 1871/72 N/A 1872/73 HARVARD UNIV 1-1-0 56.5 N/A 1873/74 HARVARD UNIV 2-1-1 61.1 N/A 1874/75 HARVARD UNIV 5-1-0 66.5 TUFTS COLL AMERICAN RUGBY GAME 1875/76 HARVARD UNIV 4-0-0 76.3 TUFTS COLL 1876/77 HARVARD UNIV 4-1-0 69.5 YALE COLL 1877/78 YALE COLL 4-0-1 80.0 HARVARD UNIV 1878/79 PRINCETON COLL 6-0-0 84.5 YALE COLL 1879/80 PRINCETON COLL 5-0-1 83.5 YALE COLL 1880/81 YALE COLL 7-0-1 90.3 PRINCETON COLL 1881/82 PRINCETON COLL 7-0-2 91.3 HARVARD UNIV 1882/83 U MICHIGAN 1-0-0 60.2 U CALIFORNIA 1883/84 KENDALL GREEN (GALLAUDET) COLL 4-1-0 71.9 COLORADO COLL 1884/85 COLORADO COLL 3-0-0 65.9 U CALIFORNIA 1885/86 COLORADO COLL 2-0-0 59.6 N/A 1886/87 U MINNESOTA 1-1-0 56.2 N/A 1887/88 U MINNESOTA 2-0-0 60.8 MACALESTER COLL 1888/89 WAKE FOREST COLL 2-1-0 60.1 TRINITY (DUKE) COLL 1889/90 U MINNESOTA 3-1-0 60.0 MACALESTER COLL ENGLISH RUGBY UNION 1890/91 N/A SEASONS 1858/59 - 1889/90 DIVISION II CARRYING GAME 1858/59 HARVARD 1860 JUNIORS 2-0-0 54.1 HARVARD 1861 SOPHS 1859/60 HARVARD 1860 SENIORS/1862SOPHS 1-0-0 53.0 HARVARD 1862 SOPHS 1860/61 - 1870/71 N/A BOSTON RULES GAME 1871/72 HARVARD 1874 SOPHS 4-0-0 57.8 ALL-HARVARD UNIV TEAM 1872/73 HARVARD 1874 JUNIORS 4-0-0 59.3 HARVARD 1876 FROSH 1873/74 HARVARD 1877 FROSH 3-1-0 55.3 HARVARD HOLWORTHY DORMITORY 1874/75 TUFTS B TEAM 0-1-4 58.6 HARVARD 1877 SOPHS AMERICAN RUGBY GAME 1875/76 HARVARD 1879 FROSH 2-2-0 55.4 TUFTS B TEAM 1876/77 HARVARD 1880 FROSH 5-2-0 59.4 HARVARD 1879 SOPHS 1877/78 HARVARD 1881 FROSH 5-1-2 65.5 BROOKLYN POLY INST 1878/79 HARVARD 1882 FROSH 2-1-0 57.3 PRINCETON 1881 SOPHS 1879/80 RUTGERS 1882 SOPHS 5-1-1 69.3 YALE 1883 FROSH 1880/81 PRINCETON 1883 SOPHS 4-0-1 63.8 BROOKLYN POLY INST 1881/82 YALE 1885 FROSH 6-0-0 70.3 PRINCETON 1885 FROSH 1882/83 LAFAYETTE 1884 JUNIORS 2-0-0 56.3 HOWARD UNIV 1883/84 DICKINSON 1887 FROSH 1-0-0 57.7 HOWARD UNIV 1884/85 (OLD) CHICAGO UNIV 1-1-0 53.0 WASH & JEFFERSON 1887 JUNIORS 1885/86 U CALIFORNIA 1888 SOPHS 1-0-0 52.1 U CALIFORNIA 1889 FROSH 1886/87 NO CAROLINA 1887SRS/1890 FROSH 1-0-0 52.1 NO CAROLINA 1888 JRS/1889 SOPHS 1887/88 NO CAROLINA 1889JRS/1890 SOPHS 1-0-0 52.1 NO CAROLINA 1888 SRS/1891 FROSH 1888/89 NORTH CAROLINA 1891 SOPHS 1-2-1 53.5 U ILLINOIS 1889/90 U MINNESOTA ALUMNI 0-2-0 50.8 SOUTH CAROLINA UNIV ENGLISH RUGBY UNION 1890/91 N/A SEASONS 1871/72 - 1883/84 DIVISION III CARRYING GAME 1858/59 - 1870/71 N/A BOSTON RULES GAME 1871/72 HARVARD 1873 JUNIORS 0-1-0 47.3 HARVARD 1875 FROSH 1872/73 HARVARD 1875 SOPHS 0-1-0 44.2 HARVARD LAWRENCE SCIENCE SCH 1873/74 HARVARD 1875 JUNIORS 0-1-0 43.9 HARVARD 1876 SOPHS 1874/75 TUFTS 1877 SOPHS 1-0-0 46.2 HARVARD 1876 JUNIORS AMERICAN RUGBY GAME 1875/76 TUFTS 1879 FROSH 1-0-0 46.6 TUFTS 1877 JUNIORS/1879 FROSH 1876/77 HARVARD 1878 JUNIORS 1-0-0 46.2 TUFTS 1878 JUNIORS/1879 SOPHS 1877/78 PENNSYLVANIA 1879 JUNIORS 3-1-0 50.8 U MICHIGAN 1880 SOPHS 1878/79 TUFTS 1881 SOPHS 1-0-0 51.6 WORC FREE (POLY) 1880 MIDDLERS 1879/80 WESLEYAN 1880 SENIORS/1882 SOPHS 1-0-0 48.0 PRINCETON EAST/WEST HALLS 1880/81 BROWN 1883 SOPHS 1-0-0 47.2 DARTMOUTH 1883 SOPHS 1881/82 BROWN & DARTMOUTH 1884 SOPHS 1-0-0 47.2 COLUMBIA 1882 SENIORS 1882/83 N/A 1883/84 COLORADO COLL "IRVING INST" 1-0-0 47.2 U MICHIGAN 1886 SOPHS 1884/85 - 1889/90 N/A BRITISH RUGBY UNION 1890/91 N/A EARLY COLLEGE RUGBY TEAM COUNTS POSSIBLE TEAM COUNTS/ACTUAL TEAM COUNTS SEASON DIV I DIV II DIV III 1858/59 5/5 1859/60 5/4 1860/61 1861/62 1862/63 1863/64 1864/65 1865/66 1866/67 1867/68 1868/69 1869/70 1870/71 1871/72 2/2 3/3 1872/73 1/1 2/2 2/2 1873/74 1/1 3/3 4/2 1874/75 2/2 4/4 3/3 1875/76 6/5 4/3 4/4 1876/77 7/6 11/7 8/4 1877/78 10/9 21/16 24/17 1878/79 14/13 22/15 12/10 1879/80 9/8 34/24 21/12 1880/81 14/13 35/22 21/8 1881/82 13/12 54/44 19/7 1882/83 15/10 23/15 1883/84 8/6 23/9 5/4 1884/85 10/7 20/6 1885/86 7/1 12/2 1886/87 4/1 4/2 1887/88 10/7 6/3 1888/89 6/6 5/1 1889/90 7/6 2/1 1890/91 Notes: 1) 'Possible Team Counts' include scheduled games not played or scores not available or there were teams but no records found. 2) 'Actual Team Counts' are the actual number of teams with rugby games with numeric Scores, and includes W (for win) or L (for loss).