The Birthplace of College Football
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Did you know?
- the spot Princeton and Rutgers played at was privately owned and never called "College Field" during its 1869-1890 life as Rutgers football home
- the teams had substitutes, Rutgers lists 27 players on a plaque in the College Avenue Gym; only 24 of the 25 Princeton players have been identified
- the first game was best 6 out of 11 goals kicked from the field of play; the second game held at Princeton was best 8 out of 15
- the youngest player in the first game was 16, the oldest 29
- the Rutgers players all earned their football letter but the Princeton team, en masse, did not because Princeton did not award football letters in 1869
- Rutgers and Princeton met 71 times in football but never again on any November 6
Congratulations Rutgers and Princeton - the originators of intercollegiate football in America!
- the spot Princeton and Rutgers played at was privately owned and never called "College Field" during its 1869-1890 life as Rutgers football home
- the teams had substitutes, Rutgers lists 27 players on a plaque in the College Avenue Gym; only 24 of the 25 Princeton players have been identified
- the first game was best 6 out of 11 goals kicked from the field of play; the second game held at Princeton was best 8 out of 15
- the youngest player in the first game was 16, the oldest 29
- the Rutgers players all earned their football letter but the Princeton team, en masse, did not because Princeton did not award football letters in 1869
- Rutgers and Princeton met 71 times in football but never again on any November 6
Congratulations Rutgers and Princeton - the originators of intercollegiate football in America!
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