First Intercollegiate Football Game, Novermber 6, 1869, Won By Rutgers Over Princeton – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with First Intercollegiate Football Game, Novermber 6, 1869, Won By Rutgers Over Princeton, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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First Intercollegiate Football Game, Novermber 6, 1869, Won By Rutgers Over Princeton
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Rutgers' victory over Princeton on November 6, 1869, is generally regarded as the first intercollegiate football game, and this image preserves the event's place in the sport's early history. The match was played under rules closer to association football than to the American game that developed later, relying mostly on kicking rather than carrying and tackling. This reproduction is made from a composite of photoprints held by Rutgers University, a reminder that the rivalry between the two schools began on the field before the sport took its modern form.
| Created / published | c. 1869 |
|---|---|
| Medium | photographic print |
| Notes | Reproduction of composite of photoprints. Original at Rutgers University |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,984 × 1,428 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-149217 |
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