Factoid 228 - The 1911 College Football season.

In 1911 there were 71 teams in Division 1. That year saw two teams win the National Championship: Penn State and Princeton.

It was the last season of old rules:

• Field 110 yards in length
• Kickoff made from midfield
• Three downs to gain ten yards
• Touchdown worth 5 points
• Field goal worth 3 points
• Forward pass legal, but with restrictions: a pass could not be caught beyond the goal line, nor more than 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage.

• 1911 Penn State 8–0–1 Bill Hollenback (NCF) *
• Princeton 8–0–2 William Roper (BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD) *

• 1911 First Industrial Airplane Show was held in conjunction with the U.S. International Auto Show at Manhattan’s Grand Central Palace in New York. Mr. Charles W. Chappelle (1872–1941), a member of the U.S. Aeronautical Reserve, was the only African-American to invent and display an airplane for which he won a medal.
• Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered Superconductivity. He presented his findings on April 28, 1911.
• Roald Amundsen's expedition reached the South Pole.