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Nat Northington, who attended the University of Kentucky, was the first African American to play in a football game for an SEC school. The year was 1967 and the game was against the University of Mississippi.
On October 3, 1920, the Chicago Bears, then known as the Decatur Staleys, played their first football game. They defeated the Moline Universal Tractors, 20-0.
Since the game is awarded to a city four years in advance, there is no way of knowing how good that city's team will be. They will play the game as scheduled.
The Lausanne Football and Cricket Club was founded in 1860. This was one of the first clubs to play football.
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.