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The first College Football game played in the United States was on November 6, 1869 between Rutgers and Princeton with Rutgers winning 6-4. Click on the 'First College Game' link on this page to read a detailed history of the game.

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The first college football to be played took place in 1869. The two teams were the College of New Jersey, which is now called Princeton University and Rutgers College, which is now Rutgers University. The final score was 6-4 in favor of Rutgers. The game was played at College Field in New Brunswick, NJ with 100 people in attendance.

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Football is often claimed to have been invented in 1673 in England, but in China, they have been playing a primitive version since 500 BC. It was called tsu' chu, meaning 'kick-ball'. The idea was to score at opposite ends without touching the leather ball.

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1869 was the first season. The first college football game was between Rutgers and Princeton at Princeton College. P.S.: Rutgers won.

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College Sports first took place in the late 1800s.

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It started at Rutgers University in 1869 when they played Princeton in the first ever football game

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Rutgers in 1869

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