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  • Happy Birthday to football!

    On Nov. 6, 1869, Rutgers and Princeton faced off in the first college football game...150 years ago today.

    Rutgers wins 6-4, but Princeton wins the rematch 8-0.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1869_c...ootball_season

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    Interesting. Total # of teams 2. Season Nov 6 through the 13th.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Redready View Post
      Interesting. Total # of teams 2. Season Nov 6 through the 13th.
      Co-national champs!

      I hadn't heard about the first game between Tufts and Harvard on June 4, 1875 before.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by laker View Post

        Co-national champs!

        We can laugh now, but would bet that many folks were either not interested or were suspecting this idea of a football league, was not going to work out

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