First College Football Game Princeton at Rutgers | ||||||||||
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Date | November 6, 1869 | |||||||||
Season | 1869 | |||||||||
Location | New Brunswick, New Jersey | |||||||||
Attendance | 100 |
The 1869 Princeton vs. Rutgers football game was played between Princeton and Rutgers on November 6, 1869. The rules governing play were based on the London Football Association's 1863 rules that disallowed carrying or throwing the ball.[1] Therefore, the game more closely resembled association football[2] than American football. Moreover, the match was played with a regular football.[3] As a result, it is considered the first collegiate soccer match and the birth of soccer in the United States.[4][5][6][7]
Additionally, because gridiron football developed from the rules of association football and rugby football, many also consider the game played on November 6 to be the first gridiron game and the first collegiate American football game.[8] Rutgers won the game 6–4.[9]
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