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According to the National Football Hall of Fame. The first game was played in 1892 in Pittsburg, PA. This is the first recorded evidence that one of the players (Heffelfinger) was paid $500 to play the game.

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As far as the NFL goes, the first game was played in Dayton, Ohio on October 3, 1920 Pennsylvania (this is true! It is not Ohio!) The first American football game that used players that were paid for playing was played in Pennsylvania in 1892. The first NFL game was played in Ohio in 1920.

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