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What was the name of the college when Duke played their first basketball game? Trinity University
If you mean Duke University by "the Dukes," they were known as Trinity College when they first began playing intercollegiate athletics. The school competed as "Trinity" for many years in basketball before changing its name to Duke. If you meant Duquesne University, which calls itself the Dukes, they had already adopted the name Duquesne three years before they first played basketball, in 1914.
They did not! Duke beat Butler 61-59.
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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 homecoming game was hosted at the University of Missouri in 1911 between the Mizzou Tigers and the Kansas Jayhawks. The game ended in a tie at 3-3.
It was the Yellow Jackets and Fordham University at Triboro Stadium.
The game will be played Monday, April 5, at nine pm. Duke is a heavy favorite.
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 February 9, 1895 The first intercollegiate 5-on-5 game was played at Hamline University between Hamline and the School of Agriculture which was affiliated with University of Minnesota. The School of Agriculture won in a 9-3 game.
Purdue University played its first football game on October 29, 1887.
The first university football game was played in 1869 between Rutgers University and The College of New Jersey, which is now Princeton.