North American sport in 1879
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Source: the site's league, college, national-team and racing records; the Universal Index for the live table · as of 20 Oct 2026
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1860s
mlbNational League pennant
Providence Grays
cfbCollege football national title
The year, month by month
Jan to Apr: nothing in this view
May
- Horse racingKentucky DerbyLord Murphy
- Season
- 1879
- Venue
- Churchill Downs
- Date
- 20 May
- Horse racingPreakness StakesHarold
- Season
- 1879
- Venue
- Pimlico Race Course
- Date
- 24 May
June
- Horse racingBelmont StakesSpendthrift
- Season
- 1879
- Venue
- Jerome Park
- Date
- 5 Jun
Jul to Aug: nothing in this view
September
- BaseballNational League pennantProvidence Grays
- Season
- 1879
- Date
- 30 Sep
- Note
- NL Champions
October: nothing in this view
November
- FootballCollege football national titlePrinceton
- Season
- 1879
- Date
- 27 Nov
- Note
- National Champions
December: nothing in this view
The year in perspective
Champions crowned
- Horse racing3
- Baseball1
- Football1
Not tracked yet
- College football: no result or not-held entry for 1871, 1901, 1924, 1928, 1931, 1938, 1950, 1953, 1967, 1985
- USA women's basketball: five nations_elo_events rows dated 11 to 17 Mar 2026 are left out; they are the San Juan qualifying group's fixtures, which the USA did not play.
- nations_elo_events holds no hockey-w rows for United States since 2025-10-01: USA women's hockey has no match-based windows
- nations_elo_events holds no hockey-w rows for Canada since 2025-10-01: Canada women's hockey has no match-based windows
- Researched rows adjusted or left off because a date is not sourced: chockey-2526-conf left off: start not sourced; chockey-2627-conf left off: start not sourced; chockey-2526-final folded into the block that contains it
- Not tracked yet: Olympic and World Cup tournaments of other sports have no lane (the World Baseball Classic and the Olympic Games sit on the world lane)