Rutgers vs. Princeton in 1869 was the first organized football game. New Brunswick, New Jersey Most football historians agree that the first organized football game took place on November 6, 1869, when teams from Rutgers and Princeton universities met in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Cannon firings at Rutgers football games date back to 1931. It's not necessarily the earliest but it gets the ball rolling.
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 and Princeton played what is today considered the first football game, in 1869, in New Brunswick, N.J. However, colleges were playing football-type games, 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.
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BYU - 33 Utah - 31 From different person: BYU barely won. They won like 2 games in a row. Utahs record is like 20! Look it up on google. Utah is won over 550 games vs. BYU. BYU has barely won over 450.
The university has historic rivalries with Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Princeton University and Columbia University (formerly King's College) originating from the early days of college football. Rutgers has a men's basketball rivalry with Seton Hall University and has developed growing rivalries with the University of Connecticut and Syracuse University in all sports. The university's longest active football rivalry is with Navy (dating back to 1891). This rivalry stems from Navy and Rutgers being two of the only three programs (the third is Army) to come out of the original, informal "Ivy League" that are still members of the top tier of NCAA college football (currently Division I-FBS).
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It doesn't mean anything. It was a man's name, Henry Rutgers, and he was a donor to the school back in the late 1700s. Without his generous donations the school might not have survived.
I can think of only Jim Harbaugh, Brandon Minor and...................... I'll do some research and get back to you.
Reid McCollum is a back-up quarterback for the USC Gamecocks Football Team. He is a (redshirt) Freshman and wears the #14 jersey.