The 1919 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Centre,

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, Illinois,

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, and Texas A&M as having been deemed national champions by major selectors Only Harvard, Illinois, and Texas A&M claim national championships for the 1919 season. Texas A&M began claiming the 1919 national championship in 2012.

Conference and program changes

Conference memberships

Program changes

* University of Washington

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officially adopted the Sun Dodgers nickname. *

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(Washington State)

officially adopted the

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nickname.

Rose Bowl

defeated Oregon, 7–6, in the

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Conference standings

Major conference standings

Independents

Minor conferences

Minor conference standings

Awards and honors

All-Americans

The consensus All-America team included:

Statistical leaders

* Team scoring most points: Centre, 485 * Player scoring most points: Ira Rodgers, West Virginia, 147 * Total offense leader: George Gipp,

, 1456 * Passing yards leader: George Gipp, 727 * Passing touchdowns leader: Ira Rodgers, 11 * Receptions leader:

Bernard Kirk Bernard C. Kirk (May 8, 1900 – December 23, 1922) was an American football player who played for Notre Dame in 1919 and for Michigan from 1921 to 1922. He was selected as an All-American at the end position in both 1921 and 1922. In December ...

, Notre Dame, 21 * Receiving yards leader: Bernard Kirk, 372

References

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