1888 College Football Imperialism Map

Pennsylvania Quakers20–9Navy Midshipmen+1 territory

Territory Changes

Team Territory Control

This table shows all teams sorted by the number of territories they control.

Final standings: the Yale Bulldogs finished on top with 7 of 13 territories (53.8%).

Team Territories Controlled
Yale Bulldogs 7 (53.8%)
Lehigh Mountain Hawks 4 (30.8%)
Fordham Rams 1 (7.7%)
Pennsylvania Quakers 1 (7.7%)

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How College Football Territory Conquest Works

  • Every team starts with the land closest to its stadium.
  • Win a game and you take all of the loser's territory.
  • Territory carries over all season, with no resets until next year.
  • Bowl games and playoffs follow the same winner-takes-all rules
  • Neutral site games follow standard territory rules
  • Click any territory to trace every team that held it.

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Season Records

The standout territory feats of the season.

Biggest Land Grab
+5
Yale Bulldogs
in a single week (2-9)
Longest Reign
4
Princeton Tigers
straight weeks as leader
Most Conquered
6
Yale Bulldogs
territories taken all season
Biggest Collapse
−5
Princeton Tigers
lost in one week (2-9)

Team Directory

Each team's season at a glance — weeks spent leading the map, largest empire, territory conquered, and the rise-and-fall sparkline. Sorted by who dominated.

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Old Main Lawn

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

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