The First Football Teams/Games/rules
Who played in the first football game?
Princeton and the Rutgers
What European game did football take the most inspiration from
Rugby
What establishments were the first to have organized football teams?
Colleges
In the original game of football you could tie without overtime, this was called what?
A block-game
Who brought rugby to the Boston area to inspire football?
Irish Immigrants
What was the first ever organized “Football” Club?
The Oneida Football Club
What important part of the modern game was illegal till 1906?
Forward passing
The Student Body Level
What president demanded a rule committee (the future NCAA) to be made because of the dangers of football?
Theodore Roosevelt.
Where was the first official football field built?
Harvard
The game that would evolve into football was called?
The Boston Game
When was the first NFL game played?
1925
Who was given the nickname of “The Father of Football”?
Walter Kamp
Which country’s rule set to rugby was the most heavily influential when making the game of football?
Canada
What was the first ever city to sponsor a NFL team?
Chicago