1869 was the first intercollegiate football game.
The first intercollegiate football game was played on November 6, 1869 between Rutgers and Princeton with Rutgers winning 6-4.
Rutgers and Princeton played their first intercollegiate football game on November 6, 1869, and only those two schools can trace back the history of their programs that far. Of course, at the time the sport much more closely resembled soccer than modern football.
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The prefix 'inter' in the word intercollegiate means more than one college. Intercollegiate football is a football game between teams from two different colleges.
Rutgers vs. Princeton, in 1869, played what is today considered the first intercollegiate football game. Colleges, however, were playing various forms of football, under many different rules, as far back as the 1820s.
Rutgers University and its neighbor, Princeton, played the first game of intercollegiate football on Nov. 6, 1869, on a plot of ground where the present-day Rutgers gymnasium now stands in New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers won that first game, 6-4.
On November 6, 1869, Rutgers University faced Princeton University in a game that is often regarded as the first game of intercollegiate football.Rutgers won by a score of six to four.
The first college football game was played in 1869 between Rutgers and Princeton. Rutgers won 6-4. Click on the 'First College Game' link on this page to read a detailed account of the game.
Rutgers University and its neighbor, Princeton, played the first game of intercollegiate football on Nov. 6, 1869, on a plot of ground where the present-day Rutgers gymnasium now stands in New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers won that first game, 6-4.
Rutgers University and its neighbor, Princeton, played the first game of intercollegiate football on Nov. 6, 1869, on a plot of ground where the present-day Rutgers gymnasium now stands in New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers won that first game, 6-4.
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