The 1890 All-America college football team was the second All-America college football team. The team was selected by Caspar Whitney and published in This Week's Sports.
Princeton end Ralph Warren suffered a mental breakdown after an 1891 loss to Yale.
Harvard tackle "Ma" Newell was run over by a railroad engine on Christmas Eve 1897.
Football's first protective face gear, "nose armor," was developed to protect Harvard's John Cranston.
Yale guard Pudge Heffelfinger became the first "professional" football player when he was paid a $500 bonus to play football.