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Most likely in a summer month, the first football club in America was started in Boston, Massechusetts. They were called the Oneida Football Club. They never lost a game or even gave up a single point. Was established by Gerrit Smith Miller.
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The first college football game ever was played between Rutgers and Princeton. They played with 25 players each and had rugby like rules. Rutgers won this game 6-4.
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Columbia, Rutgers, Princeton, and Yale met in 1873 to create the first standardized rules of football. They established scoring and playing.
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The University of Michigan became the first school West of Pennsylvania to establish a college team.
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In 1880 Walter Camp went to meetings and changed the number of players on the field from 15 to 11. He also established the line of scrimmage and the Center to Quarterback "snap".
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Date Estimated. A game between Yale and Harvard ended with r crippling injuries and the contest was suspended until 1897.
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19 deaths happen during the season. President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to shut down the program if changes were not made.
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The first leggal forward pass was thrown by Brad Robinson against Carroll College.
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The NFL was formed in 1920 by representatives of several professional American football leagues and independent teams met in Canton, Ohio, and founded the American Professional Football Conference, soon renamed the National Football League.
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One of the earliest youth football organizations was founded in Philadelphia.
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The first Heisman trophy was given out in 1935. The tradition continues today.
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The Los Angeles Rams draft Kenny Washington and Woody Strode, the first African Americans in the NFL
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Oklahoma won national titles in 1950,1955, and 1956 under the coach Bud Wilkinson.
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In 1950 three teams were added to the NFL and the AAFC folded and the players were drafted into the NFL.
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The first ever game to go into sudden death overtime. The Colts defeated the Giants in the first overtime.
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The Miami Dolphins coached by Don Shula ended their season undefeated by winning the Super Bowl.
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Desmond Howard put his mark on history with his heisman pose against rival Ohio State.
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Don Shula becomes the winningest coach in NFL history passing George Halas with his 325th win.
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The Cleveland Browns move to Baltimore and become the Ravens.
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Charles Woodson becomes the first defense oriented player to win the Heisman Trophy.
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Barry Sanders shocked football followers by announcing retirement when he was within striking distance of the record.
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Emmitt Smith breaks the all time rushing yards set by Walter Payton.
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Ricky Williams was one of the first major superstars to test positive for Marijuana during his career. He retired early.
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Michael Vick becomes the first QB to rush over 1000 yards in a single season.
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Brett Favre comes back from retirement for a second time to play for the Vikings, a rival of his longtime team the Packers.
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After a catastrophic hurricane ruined a lot of New Orleans, the Saints give citizens something to root for by winning the Super Bowl.
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Tim Tebow first started to become a national icon. His touchdown celebration, "Tebowing", became a national icon as well.
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After a poor showing by replacement referees. Thel NFLRA and the NFL agree on a deal to end the NFLRA lockout.
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Bulldogs owner Ralph Hay was named the first head of the league until a permanent president could be chosen. Hay chose Jim Thorpe for the role.
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Notre Dame was the first team to purchase their own channel to broadcast their games.
