Oldest College Football Teams

Can you name the 100 oldest college football teams?

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Year	Team
1869	Princeton
1869	Rutgers
1870	Columbia
1872	Yale
1872	Stevens
1873	Harvard
1873	Washington & Lee
1873	McGill
1873	Eton
1873	CCNY
1873	NYU
1873	Princeton Seminary
1873	VMI
1874	Tufts
1875	Wesleyan
1875	Bates
1876	Penn
1876	Northwestern
1877	Amherst
1878	Brown
1878	Swarthmore
1879	Massachusetts
1879	Michigan
1879	Haverford
1879	Navy
1879	Toronto
1879	Pennsylvania Military
1879	Racine
1880	Transylvania
1880	Centre
1881	Richmond
1881	Georgetown
1881	Penn State
1881	George Washington
1881	Dartmouth
1881	Kentucky
1881	Bucknell
1881	MIT
1881	Fordham
1881	Randolph–Macon
1882	Colorado College
1882	Howard
1882	Lake Forest
1882	Minnesota
1882	Lafayette
1883	Gallaudet
1883	Carleton
1883	Johns Hopkins
1883	Williams
1883	Hamline
1884	Wabash
1884	Butler
1884	Albion
1884	DePauw

Year	Team
1884	Olivet
1884	Lehigh
1884	Boston University
1885	Cincinnati
1885	Michigan State
1885	Denver
1886	Vermont
1886	Trinity
1886	California
1887	Franklin & Marshall
1887	Cornell
1887	Washington University
1887	Indiana
1887	Purdue
1887	Notre Dame
1887	Virginia
1887	Illinois State
1888	USC
1888	WPI
1888	Miami of Ohio
1888	Duke
1888	Wake Forest
1888	North Carolina
1888	St. John's
1888	Colorado Mines
1888	Dickinson
1889	Delaware
1889	Grinnell
1889	South Dakota
1889	South Dakota State
1889	Iowa
1889	Wisconsin
1889	Washington
1889	Furman
1889	Ohio State
1889	Wofford
1890	Colorado
1890	Bowdoin
1890	Washington & Jefferson
1890	Syracuse
1890	Springfield
1890	Colgate
1890	Pittsburgh
1890	Geneva
1890	Nebraska
1890	Missouri
1890	Baker
1890	Illinois
1890	Kansas
1890	Ohio Wesleyan
1890	Doane
1890	Washburn
1890	Army
1890	Vanderbilt

Year	Team
1890	Nashville
1890	Ole Miss
1891	Case Western
1891	Akron
1891	Eastern Michigan
1891	Sewanee
1891	Eastern Kentucky
1891	Buchtel
1891	Tennessee
1891	West Virginia
1891	Mercer
1891	Stanford
1891	Hillsdale
1891	Oberlin
1891	Holy Cross
1891	Auburn
1892	Drexel
1892	Northern Colorado
1892	Iowa State
1892	Chicago
1892	Heidelberg
1892	Marquette
1892	Wittenberg
1892	Kalamazoo
1892	Johnson C. Smith
1892	Livingstone
1892	NC State
1892	Georgia
1892	Virginia Tech
1892	McDaniel
1892	New Mexico
1892	Hampden–Sydney
1892	Maryville
1892	South Carolina
1892	Georgia Tech
1892	Maryland
1892	Saint Mary's
1892	Utah State
1892	Gonzaga
1892	San Jose State
1892	Utah
1892	Colorado State
1892	Maine
1892	Alabama
1893	Duquesne
1893	Carlisle
1893	Boston College
1893	New Hampshire
1893	Beloit
1893	Mount Union
1893	Drake
1893	Baldwin–Wallace
1893	Texas

Year	Team
1893	Guilford
1893	William & Mary
1893	Tulane
1893	LSU
1893	Wyoming
1893	Oregon State
1893	Idaho
1894	Villanova
1894	Temple
1894	Buffalo
1894	North Dakota State
1894	Arkansas
1894	Texas A&M
1894	Centenary
1894	Washington State
1894	New Mexico State
1894	Oregon
1894	Ohio
1894	Carthage
1894	Cumberland
1895	North Dakota
1895	Haskell
1895	Northern Iowa
1895	Tulsa
1895	Marshall
1895	Catholic University
1895	Oklahoma
1895	Mississippi State
1895	Occidental
1895	Pacific
1896	Rhodes
1896	Connecticut
1896	Rhode Island
1896	Central Michigan
1896	Detroit
1896	Kansas State
1896	Indiana State
1896	Clemson
1896	TCU
1896	Erskine
1896	Davidson
1896	Nevada
1897	Wichita State
1897	Morgan State
1897	Montana
1897	Montana State
1897	Arizona State
1897	Fairmount
1899	Arizona
1899	Baylor
1899	Northern Illinois
1899	Eastern Illinois
1899	Chattanooga

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