1894 College Football Imperialism Map

Territory Changes

Team Territory Control

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

Final standings: the Pennsylvania Quakers finished on top with 11 of 28 territories (39.3%).

Team Territories Controlled
Pennsylvania Quakers 11 (39.3%)
Wisconsin Badgers 6 (21.4%)
Yale Bulldogs 6 (21.4%)
Lafayette Leopards 1 (3.6%)
Michigan Wolverines 1 (3.6%)
Penn State Nittany Lions 1 (3.6%)
Purdue Boilermakers 1 (3.6%)
Stanford Cardinal 1 (3.6%)

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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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Data sources: Game data from Sports Reference; venue data from VenueStats .

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Season Records

The standout territory feats of the season.

Biggest Land Grab
+7
Pennsylvania Quakers
in a single week (2-11)
Longest Reign
6
Pennsylvania Quakers
straight weeks as leader
Most Conquered
10
Pennsylvania Quakers
territories taken all season
Biggest Collapse
−7
Princeton Tigers
lost in one week (2-11)

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.

Pennsylvania Quakers

Franklin Field

6 weeks led peak 11 +10 taken

Princeton Tigers

Princeton Stadium

5 weeks led peak 7 +6 taken

Yale Bulldogs

Yale Bowl

0 weeks led peak 6 +5 taken

Chicago Maroons

Stagg Field

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

Cornell Big Red

Schoellkopf Field

0 weeks led peak 2 +2 taken

Penn State Nittany Lions

Beaver Field

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Stanford Cardinal

Stanford Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Army Black Knights

The Plain

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Dartmouth

Buddy Teevens Stadium at Memorial Field

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Georgetown

Cooper Field

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Illinois Fighting Illini

Gies Memorial Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Iowa Hawkeyes

Iowa Field

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Kansas Jayhawks

McCook Field

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

North Carolina Tar Heels

Chris Smith Field at Kenan Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Virginia Cavaliers

Scott Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

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