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NCAA NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS (1883-2004) DIV. 1A

Year

Champion

Record

Bowl Game

Head Coach

 

 

 

 

 

1883

Yale

8-0-0

No bowl

Ray Tompkins (Captain)

1884

Yale

9-0-0

No bowl

Eugene L. Richards (Captain)

1885

Princeton

9-0-0

No bowl

Charles DeCamp (Captain)

1886

Yale

9-0-1

No bowl

Robert N. Corwin (Captain)

1887

Yale

9-0-0

No bowl

Harry W. Beecher (Captain)

1888

Yale

13-0-0

No bowl

Walter Camp

1889

Princeton

10-0-0

No bowl

Edgar Poe (Captain)

1890

Harvard

11-0-0

No bowl

George A. Stewart/George C. Adams

1891

Yale

13-0-0

No bowl

Walter Camp

1892

Yale

13-0-0

No bowl

Walter Camp

1893

Princeton

11-0-0

No bowl

Tom Trenchard (Captain)

1894

Yale

16-0-0

No bowl

William C. Rhodes

1895

Pennsylvania

14-0-0

No bowl

George Woodruff

1896

Princeton

10-0-1

No bowl

Garrett Cochran

1897

Pennsylvania

15-0-0

No bowl

George Woodruff

1898

Harvard

11-0-0

No bowl

W. Cameron Forbes

1899

Harvard

10-0-1

No bowl

Benjamin H. Dibblee

1900

Yale

12-0-0

No bowl

Malcolm McBride

1901

Michigan

11-0-0

Won Rose

Fielding Yost

1902

Michigan

11-0-0

No bowl

Fielding Yost

1903

Princeton

11-0-0

No bowl

Art Hillebrand

1904

Pennsylvania

12-0-0

No bowl

Carl Williams

1905

Chicago

11-0-0

No bowl

Amos Alonzo Stagg

1906

Princeton

9-0-1

No bowl

Bill Roper

1907

Yale

9-0-1

No bowl

Bill Knox

1908

Pennsylvania

11-0-1

No bowl

Sol Metzger

1909

Yale

10-0-0

No bowl

Howard Jones

1910

Harvard

8-0-1

No bowl

Percy Houghton

1911

Princeton

8-0-2

No bowl

Bill Roper

1912

Harvard

9-0-0

No bowl

Percy Houghton

1913

Harvard

9-0-0

No bowl

Percy Houghton

1914

Army

9-0-0

No bowl

Charley Daly

1915

Cornell

9-0-0

No bowl

Al Sharpe

1916

Pittsburgh

8-0-0

No bowl

Pop Warner

1917

Georgia Tech

9-0-0

No bowl

John Heisman

1918

Pittsburgh

4-1-0

No bowl

Pop Warner

1919

Harvard

9-0-1

Won Rose

Bob Fisher

1920

California

9-0-0

Won Rose

Andy Smith

1921

Cornell

8-0-0

No bowl

Gil Dobie

1922

Cornell

8-0-0

No bowl

Gil Dobie

1923

Illinois

8-0-0

No bowl

Bob Zuppke

1924

Notre Dame

10-0-0

Won Rose

Knute Rockne

1925

Alabama (H)

10-0-0

Won Rose

Wallace Wade

 

Dartmouth (D)

8-0-0

No bowl

Jesse Hawley

1926

Alabama (H)

9-0-1

Tied Rose

Wallace Wade

 

Stanford (D)(H)

10-0-1

Tied Rose

Pop Warner

1927

Illinois

7-0-1

No bowl

Bob Zuppke

1928

Georgia Tech (H)

10-0-0

Won Rose

Bill Alexander

 

USC (D)

9-0-1

No bowl

Howard Jones

1929

Notre Dame

9-0-0

No bowl

Knute Rockne

1930

Notre Dame

10-0-0

No bowl

Knute Rockne

1931

USC

10-1-0

Won Rose

Howard Jones

1932

USC (H)

10-0-0

Won Rose

Howard Jones

 

Michigan (D)

8-0-0

No bowl

Harry Kipke

1933

Michigan

7-0-1

No bowl

Harry Kipke

1934

Minnesota

8-0-0

No bowl

Bernie Bierman

1935

Minnesota (H)

8-0-0

No bowl

Bernie Bierman

 

SMU (D)

12-1-0

Lost Rose

Matty Bell

1936

Minnesota

7-1-0

No bowl

Bernie Bierman

1937

Pittsburgh

9-0-1

No bowl

Jock Sutherland

1938

TCU (AP)

11-0-0

Won Sugar

Dutch Meyer

 

Notre Dame (D)

8-1-0

No bowl

Elmer Layden

1939

USC (D)

8-0-2

Won Rose

Howard Jones

 

Texas A&M (AP)

11-0-0

Won Sugar

Homer Norton

1940

Minnesota

8-0-0

No bowl

Bernie Bierman

1941

Minnesota

8-0-0

No bowl

Bernie Bierman

1942

Ohio State

9-1-0

No bowl

Paul Brown

1943

Notre Dame

9-1-0

No bowl

Frank Leahy

1944

Army

9-0-0

No bowl

Red Blaik

1945

Army

9-0-0

No bowl

Red Blaik

1946

Notre Dame

8-0-1

No bowl

Frank Leahy

1947

Notre Dame

9-0-0

No bowl

Frank Leahy

 

Michigan*

10-0-0

Won Rose

Fritz Crisler

1948

Michigan

9-0-0

No bowl

Bennie Oosterbaan

1949

Notre Dame

10-0-0

No bowl

Frank Leahy

1950

Oklahoma

10-1-0

Lost Sugar

Bud Wilkinson

1951

Tennessee

10-1-0

Lost Sugar

Bob Neyland

1952

Michigan State

9-0-0

No bowl

Biggie Munn

1953

Maryland

10-1-0

Lost Orange

Jim Tatum

1954

Ohio State

10-0-0

Won Rose

Woody Hayes

 

UCLA (UPI)

9-0-0

No bowl

Red Sanders

1955

Oklahoma

11-0-0

Won Orange

Bud Wilkinson

1956

Oklahoma

10-0-0

No bowl

Bud Wilkinson

1957

Auburn

10-0-0

No bowl

Shug Jordan

 

Ohio State (UPI)

9-1-0

Won Rose

Woody Hayes

1958

LSU

11-0-0

Won Sugar

Paul Dietzel

1959

Syracuse

11-0-0

Won Cotton

Ben Schwartzwalder

1960

Minnesota

8-2-0

Lost Rose

Murray Warmath

1961

Alabama

11-0-0