1876 in sports

1876 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Athletics USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships American football College championship College football national championship – Yale Bulldogs Events 23 November — representatives of Harvard Crimson, Yale Bulldogs, Princeton Tigers and Columbia Lions meet at the Massasoit House in Springfield, Massachusetts to standardise a new code of rules based on the Canadian rugby game first introduced to Harvard by Canada's McGill University in 1874. The rules are based largely on the English Rugby Football Union's code, though one important difference is the introduction of the touchdown as the primary means of scoring instead of the field goal (a change that will later occur in rugby football itself). Three of the schools (Harvard, Columbia and Princeton) form an Intercollegiate Football Association as a result of the meeting. Yale will join in 1879. Walter Camp enrolls at Yale University and will become perhaps the most important figure in college football history. Association football England FA Cup final – The Wanderers 3–0 Old Etonians in a replay following a 1–1 draw (both games played at The Oval). Middlesbrough FC founded as a winter activity by Middlesbrough Cricket Club. Scotland Scottish Cup final – Queen's Park 2–0 Third Lanark at Hampden Park (replay; following 1–1 draw at Hamilton Crescent) Wales Establishment of the Football Association of Wales, the world's third oldest football association. 25 March — Wales plays its first international match against Scotland in Glasgow, Scotland winning 4–0. Wales is the third oldest international football team.