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style="font-size:125%;">First College Football Game<br />Princeton at Rutgers</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><table class="nowraplinks" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/1869_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1869 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton Tigers</a></td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/1869_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1869 Rutgers Queensmen football team">Rutgers Queensmen</a></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">(0–0)</td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">(0–0)</td> </tr><tr> <td style="font-size:300%; line-height:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">4</td> <td style="font-size:300%; line-height:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">6</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><table align="center" style="font-size: 90%"> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">1</th> <th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">Total</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right; white-space: nowrap"><b>Princeton</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">4</td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight: bold">4</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right; white-space: nowrap"><b>Rutgers</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">6</td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight: bold">6</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">November 6, 1869</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1869_college_football_season" title="1869 college football season">1869</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick, New Jersey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">100</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1869 Princeton vs. Rutgers football game</b> was played between <a href="/wiki/1869_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1869 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a> and <a href="/wiki/1869_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1869 Rutgers Queensmen football team">Rutgers</a> on November 6, 1869. 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Details"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Part of the <a href="/wiki/1869_college_football_season" title="1869 college football season">first season of college football</a>, the game took place on November 6, 1869 at a field on College Avenue (now the site of the <a href="/wiki/College_Avenue_Gymnasium" title="College Avenue Gymnasium">College Avenue Gymnasium</a>) in <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick, New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because the game was played at Rutgers, it was also played under Rutgers' rules. They were based on the <a href="/wiki/Football_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Association">Football Association</a>'s rules of the time, in which two teams of 25 players attempted to score by kicking the ball into the opposing team's goal. The teams played 10 "games" against each other. When a team scored a goal, it counted as the end of that game, and the team with the most goals after 10 games was the winner.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is clear that this format did not resemble the game of <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> as known today.<sup id="cite_ref-geary_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geary-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first such game in the United States in which the ball is advanced by physically picking it up and running, where play is stopped by knocking down the ball carrier, and each team fields eleven members was played on June 4, 1875 between <a href="/wiki/Tufts_Jumbos_football" title="Tufts Jumbos football">Tufts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Crimson_football" title="Harvard Crimson football">Harvard</a> colleges.<sup id="cite_ref-harvbook_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harvbook-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then <a href="/wiki/Yale_Bulldogs_football" title="Yale Bulldogs football">Yale</a> on November 13. That game caused Yale to drop association football in favor of rugby.<sup id="cite_ref-geary_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geary-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/William_J._Leggett" title="William J. Leggett">William J. Leggett</a>, later a distinguished clergyman of the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Reformed_Church" title="Dutch Reformed Church">Dutch Reformed Church</a>, was the Rutgers captain; <a href="/wiki/William_Stryker_Gummere" title="William Stryker Gummere">William Gummere</a>, who later became chief justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, captained the New Jersey squad.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game was played in front of approximately 100 spectators.<sup id="cite_ref-nj.com_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nj.com-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The players from Rutgers wore scarlet-colored <a href="/wiki/Turban" title="Turban">turbans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Handkerchief" title="Handkerchief">handkerchiefs</a> to distinguish themselves from the Princeton players. The scarlet of the <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights" title="Rutgers Scarlet Knights">Rutgers Scarlet Knights</a> came from this episode.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rules">Rules</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1869_Princeton_vs._Rutgers_football_game&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Rules"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The rules for this game –the first code for any form of football in the United States– were as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-davis_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davis-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>Grounds must be 360 feet (110 m) long and 225 feet (69 m) wide.</li> <li>Goals must be 8 paces.</li> <li>Each side shall number 25 players.</li> <li>No throwing or running with the ball. if either it is a foul and the ball then must be thrown perpendicularly in the air by the side causing the foul.</li> <li>No holding the ball or free kicks allowed.</li> <li>A ball passing beyond the limit on the side of the goal shall be kicked on from the boundary by the side who was that goal.</li> <li>A ball passing the limit on the side of the field shall be kicked on horizontally to the boundary by the side which kicked it out.</li> <li>No tripping or holding of players.</li> <li>The winner of the first toss has the choice of position; the winner of the second toss has the first kick-off.</li> <li>There shall be four judges and two referees.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gameplay">Gameplay</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1869_Princeton_vs._Rutgers_football_game&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gameplay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First_game_william_boyd.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5d/First_game_william_boyd.jpg/220px-First_game_william_boyd.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5d/First_game_william_boyd.jpg/330px-First_game_william_boyd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5d/First_game_william_boyd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="268" /></a><figcaption>Painting by Rutgers graduate, William Boyd, depicting the game. See the goal posts and ball used, more in the style of <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> rather than American football</figcaption></figure> <p>As the first of the 10 games began, two players from each of the teams positioned themselves near the opponent's goal. This was presumably because the participants were hoping to easily score when the ball reached their territory on the field of play. On each team, there were eleven so-called "fielders" who were assigned to defend their own territorial area. There were 12 participants on each team that they named "bulldogs" who were the ones playing in the other team's territory.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-davis_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davis-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rutgers was the first to score a goal, as S. G. Gano and G. R. Dixon successfully kicked the ball across the Princeton goal. At some point early in the contest, the "<a href="/wiki/Flying_wedge#Sports" title="Flying wedge">flying wedge</a>" play was first used as the team with the ball formed a wall-like formation of players, allowing them to charge at the defenders. This flying wedge tactic was successful early on for Rutgers because of their size disadvantage over Princeton. However, Princeton countered the tactic when J.E. Michael, better known as "Big Mike", broke up the Rutgers' flying wedge during the fourth game. Princeton took advantage and tied the score at 2–2.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1869_first_football_game_rosters.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/1869_first_football_game_rosters.jpg/250px-1869_first_football_game_rosters.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/1869_first_football_game_rosters.jpg/375px-1869_first_football_game_rosters.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/1869_first_football_game_rosters.jpg/500px-1869_first_football_game_rosters.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1438" data-file-height="1081" /></a><figcaption>Rutgers roster for the game</figcaption></figure> <p>A Rutgers player named Madison M. Ball, a wounded veteran of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, used his quickness and kicking the ball with the heel of his foot to again take the lead in the contest.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whenever the ball entered Rutgers territory, Ball would get in front of it and use a heel-kick to prevent Princeton from scoring. Ball was able to successfully use that technique to set up Dixon to score another goal which gave Rutgers a 4–2 lead. Rutgers then allowed Princeton to score a goal as one of their players, whose identity is not known, had kicked a ball toward their own goal. It was blocked by a Rutgers player, but Princeton soon was able to take advantage to cut the lead down to 4–3. The Tigers scored on their next possession when they used a flying wedge play of their own led by Big Mike to march down the field to score to tie the game again at 4.<sup id="cite_ref-davis_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davis-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rutgers <a href="/wiki/Team_captain" class="mw-redirect" title="Team captain">captain</a> John W. Leggett had a strategy for his team at this point. He suggested that the Rutgers team keep the ball low on the ground to counter the much taller players on Princeton. This strategy appeared to work as Rutgers easily scored the final two goals of the contest to win the first intercollegiate football game played 6 games to 4.<sup id="cite_ref-davis_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davis-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Princeton had more size, which would normally be an advantage on a field with 50 total players, but the Tigers had trouble kicking the ball as a team which is something Rutgers did very well. In a 1933 account, a Rutgers player from the game named John W. Herbert said that he thought Rutgers was the smaller team, but that they had more speed than Princeton .<sup id="cite_ref-nj.com_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nj.com-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reports">Reports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1869_Princeton_vs._Rutgers_football_game&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_first_game_rutgers_targum_nov_1869.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/The_first_game_rutgers_targum_nov_1869.jpg/170px-The_first_game_rutgers_targum_nov_1869.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/The_first_game_rutgers_targum_nov_1869.jpg/255px-The_first_game_rutgers_targum_nov_1869.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/The_first_game_rutgers_targum_nov_1869.jpg/340px-The_first_game_rutgers_targum_nov_1869.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3321" data-file-height="4435" /></a><figcaption>"The Foot-Ball Match", Chronicle of the first game at <i>The Targum</i>, Nov 1869</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>To appreciate this game to the full you must know something of its background," (...) "The two colleges were, and still are, of course, about 20 miles apart. The rivalry between them was intense. For years each had striven for possession of an old Revolutionary cannon, making night forays and lugging it back and forth time and again. Not long before the first football game, the canny Princetonians had settled this competition in their own favor by ignominiously sinking the gun in several feet of concrete. In addition to this, I regret to report, Princeton had beaten Rutgers in baseball by the harrowing score of 40-2. Rutgers longed for a chance to square things."</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Rutgers' John W. Herbert, 1933 <sup id="cite_ref-rutfirst_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rutfirst-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"In every game the cool goaltenders saved the Rutgers goal half a dozen times; in every game the heavy charger of the Princeton side overthrew everything he came in contact with; and in every game, just when the interest in one of those delightful rushes at the fence was culminating, the persecuted ball would fly for refuge into the next lot, and produce cessation of hostilities until, after the invariable 'foul', it was put in straight (...) "To sum up, Princeton had the most muscle, but didn't kick very well, and wanted organization. They evidently don't like to kick the ball on the ground. Our men, on the other hand, though comparatively weak, ran well, and kicked well throughout. But their great point was the organization, for which great praise is due to the captain. The right men were always in the right place."<sup id="cite_ref-rutfirst_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rutfirst-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>match report at <i>The Targum</i>, Rutgers' undergraduate newspaper - Nov 1869</cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1869_Princeton_vs._Rutgers_football_game&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:342px;max-width:342px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:87px;max-width:87px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:159px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_large_of_rutgers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/George_large_of_rutgers.jpg/85px-George_large_of_rutgers.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/George_large_of_rutgers.jpg/128px-George_large_of_rutgers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/George_large_of_rutgers.jpg/170px-George_large_of_rutgers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="253" data-file-height="476" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:251px;max-width:251px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:159px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1869_rutgers_team_honored.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/1869_rutgers_team_honored.jpg/249px-1869_rutgers_team_honored.jpg" decoding="async" width="249" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/1869_rutgers_team_honored.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="312" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">(Left): George Large, the last surviving player of Princeton; (right): players of the 1869 Rutgers team being honored on the field in 1918</div></div></div></div> <p>In what might be considered a beginning to college football <a href="/wiki/Sports_rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports rivalry">rivalries</a>, immediately after Rutgers won this game, Princeton's players were literally run out of town by the winning Rutgers students. The Princeton students reportedly jumped in their carriages and quickly made the 20-mile trip back to their campus.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fifty years after the historic first game, members of the <a href="/wiki/1869_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1869 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1869 Rutgers football</a> team were honored at Homecoming ceremonies in 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-rutfirst_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rutfirst-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The last surviving player of Princeton, Robert Preston Lane (b. 1851) died in November 1938, while the last surviving Rutgers player, George H. 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<li><b><a href="/wiki/1879_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1879 Princeton Tigers football team">1879</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1880_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1880 Princeton Tigers football team">1880</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1881_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1881 Princeton Tigers football team">1881</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1882 Princeton Tigers football team">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1883 Princeton Tigers football team">1883</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1884_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1884 Princeton Tigers football team">1884</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1885_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1885 Princeton Tigers football team">1885</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1886_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1886 Princeton Tigers football team">1886</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1887 Princeton Tigers football team">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1888 Princeton Tigers football team">1888</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1889_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1889 Princeton Tigers football team">1889</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1890 Princeton Tigers football team">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1891 Princeton Tigers football team">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1892 Princeton Tigers football team">1892</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1893_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1893 Princeton Tigers football team">1893</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1894_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1894 Princeton Tigers football team">1894</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1895 Princeton Tigers football team">1895</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1896_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1896 Princeton Tigers football team">1896</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1897 Princeton Tigers football team">1897</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1898_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1898 Princeton Tigers football team">1898</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1899_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1899 Princeton Tigers football team">1899</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1900 Princeton Tigers football team">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1901 Princeton Tigers football team">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1902 Princeton Tigers football team">1902</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1903_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1903 Princeton Tigers football team">1903</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1904 Princeton Tigers football team">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1905 Princeton Tigers football team">1905</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1906_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1906 Princeton Tigers football team">1906</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1907 Princeton Tigers football team">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1908 Princeton Tigers football team">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1909 Princeton Tigers football team">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1910 Princeton Tigers football team">1910</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1911_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1911 Princeton Tigers football team">1911</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1912 Princeton Tigers football team">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1913 Princeton Tigers football team">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1914 Princeton Tigers football team">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1915 Princeton Tigers football team">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1916 Princeton Tigers football team">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1917 Princeton Tigers football team">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1918 Princeton Tigers football team">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1919 Princeton Tigers football team">1919</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1920_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1920 Princeton Tigers football team">1920</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1921 Princeton Tigers football team">1921</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1922_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1922 Princeton Tigers football team">1922</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1923 Princeton Tigers football team">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1924 Princeton Tigers football team">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1925 Princeton Tigers football team">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1926 Princeton Tigers football team">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1927 Princeton Tigers football team">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1928 Princeton Tigers football team">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1929 Princeton Tigers football team">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1930 Princeton Tigers football team">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1931 Princeton Tigers football team">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1932 Princeton Tigers football team">1932</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1933_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1933 Princeton Tigers football team">1933</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1934 Princeton Tigers football team">1934</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1935_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1935 Princeton Tigers football team">1935</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1936 Princeton Tigers football team">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1937 Princeton Tigers football team">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1938 Princeton Tigers football team">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1939 Princeton Tigers football team">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1940 Princeton Tigers football team">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1941 Princeton Tigers football team">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1942 Princeton Tigers football team">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1943 Princeton Tigers football team">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1944 Princeton Tigers football team">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1945 Princeton Tigers football team">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1946 Princeton Tigers football team">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1947 Princeton Tigers football team">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1948 Princeton Tigers football team">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1949 Princeton Tigers football team">1949</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1950_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1950 Princeton Tigers football team">1950</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1951 Princeton Tigers football team">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1952 Princeton Tigers football team">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1953 Princeton Tigers football team">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1954 Princeton Tigers football team">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1955 Princeton Tigers football team">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1956 Princeton Tigers football team">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1957 Princeton Tigers football team">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1958 Princeton Tigers football team">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1959 Princeton Tigers football team">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1960 Princeton Tigers football team">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1961 Princeton Tigers football team">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1962 Princeton Tigers football team">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1963 Princeton Tigers football team">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1964 Princeton Tigers football team">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1965 Princeton Tigers football team">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1966 Princeton Tigers football team">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1967 Princeton Tigers football team">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1968 Princeton Tigers football team">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1969 Princeton Tigers football team">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1970 Princeton Tigers football team">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1971 Princeton Tigers football team">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1972 Princeton Tigers football team">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1973 Princeton Tigers football team">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1974 Princeton Tigers football team">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1975 Princeton Tigers football team">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1976 Princeton Tigers football team">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1977 Princeton Tigers football team">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1978 Princeton Tigers football team">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1979 Princeton Tigers football team">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1980 Princeton Tigers football team">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1981 Princeton Tigers football team">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1982 Princeton Tigers football team">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1983 Princeton Tigers football team">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1984 Princeton Tigers football team">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1985 Princeton Tigers football team">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1986 Princeton Tigers football team">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1987 Princeton Tigers football team">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1988 Princeton Tigers football team">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1989 Princeton Tigers football team">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1990 Princeton Tigers football team">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1991 Princeton Tigers football team">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1992 Princeton Tigers football team">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1993 Princeton Tigers football team">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1994 Princeton Tigers football team">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1995 Princeton Tigers football team">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1996 Princeton Tigers football team">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1997 Princeton Tigers football team">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1998 Princeton Tigers football team">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1999 Princeton Tigers football team">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2000 Princeton Tigers football team">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2001 Princeton Tigers football team">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2002 Princeton Tigers football team">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2003 Princeton Tigers football team">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2004 Princeton Tigers football team">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2005 Princeton Tigers football team">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2006 Princeton Tigers football team">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2007 Princeton Tigers football team">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2008 Princeton Tigers football team">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2009 Princeton Tigers football team">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2010 Princeton Tigers football team">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2011 Princeton Tigers football team">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2012 Princeton Tigers football team">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2013 Princeton Tigers football team">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2014 Princeton Tigers football team">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2015 Princeton Tigers football team">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2016 Princeton Tigers football team">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2017 Princeton Tigers football team">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2018 Princeton Tigers football team">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2019 Princeton Tigers football team">2019</a></li> <li><span style="color:gray">2020</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2021 Princeton Tigers football team">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2022 Princeton Tigers football team">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2023 Princeton Tigers football team">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="2024 Princeton Tigers football team">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td 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Knights football</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#CC0033;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Venues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>College Field (1869–1890)</li> <li>Neilson Field (1891–1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Stadium_(1938)" title="Rutgers Stadium (1938)">Old Rutgers Stadium</a> (1938–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giants_Stadium" title="Giants Stadium">Giants Stadium</a> (alternate, 1976–1992, 1994-96; primary, 1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SHI_Stadium" title="SHI Stadium">SHI Stadium</a> (1994–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#CC0033;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Bowls & rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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style="background-color:#CC0033;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football#Head_coaches" title="Rutgers Scarlet Knights football">Head coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_in_the_NFL_draft" title="List of Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the NFL draft">NFL draftees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_statistical_leaders" title="Rutgers Scarlet Knights football statistical leaders">Statistical leaders</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#CC0033;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_seasons" title="List of Rutgers Scarlet Knights football seasons"><span style="color:white">Seasons</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1869_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1869 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1869</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1870 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1870</a></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1871</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1872 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1873 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1874 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1875 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1876 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1877 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1878 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1879 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1880 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1881 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1882 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1883 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1884 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1885 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1886 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1887 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1888 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1889 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1890 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1891 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1892 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1893 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1894 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1895 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1896 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1897 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1898 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1899 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1900 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1901 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1902 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1903 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1904 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1905 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1906 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1907 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1908 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1909 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1910 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1911 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1912 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1913 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1914 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1915 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1916 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1917 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1918 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1919 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1920 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1921 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1922 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1923 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1924 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1925 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1926 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1927 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1928 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1929 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1930 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1931 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1932 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1933 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1934 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1935 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1936 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1937 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1938 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1939 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1940 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1941 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1942 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1943 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1944 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1945 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1946 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1947 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1948 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1949 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1950 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1951 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1952 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1953 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1954 Rutgers Queensmen football team">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1955 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1956 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1957 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1958 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1959 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1960 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1961 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1962 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1963 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1964 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1965 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1966 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1967 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1968 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1969 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1970 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1971 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1972 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1973 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1974 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1975 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1976 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1977 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1978 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1979 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1980 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1981 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1982 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1983 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1984 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1985 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1986 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1987 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1988 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1989 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1990 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1991 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1992 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1993 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1994 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1995 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1996 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1997 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1998 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="1999 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2000 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2001 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2002 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2003 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2004 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2005 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2006 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2007 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2008 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2009 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2010 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2011 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2012 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2013 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2014 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2015 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2017 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2018 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2020 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2021 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2022 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2023 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team" title="2024 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#CC0033;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><div>National championship seasons in bold</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Historically_significant_college_football_games" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Historically significant <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> games</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">19th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Princeton vs. Rutgers (1869)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_Harvard_vs._McGill_football_game" title="1874 Harvard vs. McGill football game">Harvard vs. McGill (1874)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_Kansas_vs._Baker_football_game" title="1890 Kansas vs. Baker football game">Kansas vs. Baker (1890)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Biddle_vs._Livingstone_football_game" title="1892 Biddle vs. Livingstone football game">Biddle vs. Livingstone (1892)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Wyoming_Seminary_vs._Mansfield_State_Normal_football_game" title="1892 Wyoming Seminary vs. Mansfield State Normal football game">Wyoming Seminary vs. Mansfield State (1892)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Chicago_vs._Stanford_football_game" title="1894 Chicago vs. Stanford football game">Chicago vs. Stanford (1894)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_Georgia_vs._North_Carolina_football_game" title="1895 Georgia vs. North Carolina football game">Georgia vs. North Carolina (1895)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_%C3%89cole_des_Beaux-Arts_vs._Acad%C3%A9mie_Julian_football_game" title="1897 École des Beaux-Arts vs. Académie Julian football game">École des Beaux-Arts vs. Académie Julian (1895)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">20th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1902_Rose_Bowl" title="1902 Rose Bowl">1902 Rose Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Washburn_vs._Fairmount_football_game" title="1905 Washburn vs. Fairmount football game">Washburn vs. Fairmount (1905)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Carlisle_vs._Vanderbilt_football_game" title="1906 Carlisle vs. Vanderbilt football game">Carlisle vs. Vanderbilt (1906)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Vanderbilt_vs._Yale_football_game" title="1910 Vanderbilt vs. Yale football game">Vanderbilt vs. Yale (1910)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Kansas_vs._Missouri_football_game" title="1911 Kansas vs. Missouri football game">Kansas vs. Missouri (1911)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Cumberland_vs._Georgia_Tech_football_game" title="1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game">Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech (1916)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Centre_vs._Harvard_football_game" title="1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game">Centre vs. Harvard (1921)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Alabama_vs._Penn_football_game" title="1922 Alabama vs. Penn football game">Alabama vs. Penn (1922)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Michigan_vs._Vanderbilt_football_game" title="1922 Michigan vs. Vanderbilt football game">Michigan vs. Vanderbilt (1922)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Princeton_vs._Chicago_football_game" title="1922 Princeton vs. Chicago football game">Princeton vs. Chicago (1922)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Rose_Bowl" title="1926 Rose Bowl">1926 Rose Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_SMU_vs._TCU_football_game" title="1935 SMU vs. TCU football game">SMU vs. TCU (1935)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Waynesburg_vs._Fordham_football_game" title="1939 Waynesburg vs. Fordham football game">Waynesburg vs. Fordham (1939)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Texas_Tech_vs._Centenary_football_game" title="1939 Texas Tech vs. Centenary football game">Texas Tech vs. Centenary (1939)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Down_Game_(1940)" title="Fifth Down Game (1940)">Cornell vs. Dartmouth (1940)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Oklahoma_City_vs._Youngstown_football_game" title="1941 Oklahoma City vs. Youngstown football game">Oklahoma City vs. Youngstown (1941)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Army_vs._Notre_Dame_football_game" title="1946 Army vs. Notre Dame football game">Army vs. Notre Dame (1946)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Rose_Bowl" title="1952 Rose Bowl">1952 Rose Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Sugar_Bowl" title="1956 Sugar Bowl">1956 Sugar Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Rose_Bowl" title="1962 Rose Bowl">1962 Rose Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Rose_Bowl" title="1963 Rose Bowl">1963 Rose Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Notre_Dame_vs._Michigan_State_football_game" title="1966 Notre Dame vs. Michigan State football game">Notre Dame vs. Michigan State (1966)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_UCLA_vs._USC_football_game" title="1967 UCLA vs. USC football game">UCLA vs. USC (1967)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Yale_vs._Harvard_football_game" title="1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game">Yale vs. Harvard (1968)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Ohio_State_vs._Michigan_football_game" title="1969 Ohio State vs. Michigan football game">Ohio State vs. Michigan (1969)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Texas_vs._Arkansas_football_game" title="1969 Texas vs. Arkansas football game">Texas vs. Arkansas (1969)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Nebraska_vs._Oklahoma_football_game" title="1971 Nebraska vs. Oklahoma football game">Nebraska vs. Oklahoma (1971)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Ohio_State_vs._Michigan_football_game" title="1973 Ohio State vs. Michigan football game">Ohio State vs. Michigan (1973)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Nebraska_vs._Penn_State_football_game" title="1982 Nebraska vs. Penn State football game">Nebraska vs. Penn State (1982)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Play_(American_football)" title="The Play (American football)">Stanford vs. California (1982)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Independence_Bowl" title="1982 Independence Bowl">1982 Independence Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Oregon_State_vs._Oregon_football_game" title="1983 Oregon State vs. Oregon football game">Oregon State vs. Oregon (1983)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Orange_Bowl" title="1984 Orange Bowl">1984 Orange Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hail_Flutie" title="Hail Flutie">Hail Flutie (1984)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Oregon_State_vs._Washington_football_game" title="1985 Oregon State vs. Washington football game">Oregon State vs. Washington (1985)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Fiesta_Bowl" title="1987 Fiesta Bowl">1987 Fiesta Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earthquake_Game" title="Earthquake Game">Auburn vs. LSU (1988)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Notre_Dame_vs._Miami_football_game" title="1988 Notre Dame vs. Miami football game">Notre Dame vs. Miami (1988)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Down_Game_(1990)" title="Fifth Down Game (1990)">Colorado vs. Missouri (1990)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Georgia_Tech_vs._Virginia_football_game" title="1990 Georgia Tech vs. Virginia football game">Georgia Tech vs. Virginia (1990)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wide_Right_I" title="Wide Right I">Wide Right I</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wide_Right_II" title="Wide Right II">Wide Right II</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_SEC_Championship_Game" title="1992 SEC Championship Game">Alabama vs. Florida (1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Las_Vegas_Bowl" title="1995 Las Vegas Bowl">1995 Las Vegas Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Linfield_vs._Willamette_football_game" title="1997 Linfield vs. Willamette football game">Linfield vs. Willamette (1997)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_UCLA_vs._Miami_football_game" title="1998 UCLA vs. Miami football game">UCLA vs. Miami (1998)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Big_12_Championship_Game" title="1998 Big 12 Championship Game">Kansas State vs. Texas A&M (1998)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">21st century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_Cumberland_vs._Jacksonville_State_football_game" title="2001 Cumberland vs. Jacksonville State football game">Cumberland vs. Jacksonville State (2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Arkansas_vs._Ole_Miss_football_game" title="2001 Arkansas vs. Ole Miss football game">Arkansas vs. Ole Miss (2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_GMAC_Bowl" title="2001 GMAC Bowl">2001 GMAC Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Las_Vegas_Bowl" title="2002 Las Vegas Bowl">2002 Las Vegas Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_Miracle" title="Bluegrass Miracle">LSU vs. Kentucky (2002)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Arkansas_vs._Kentucky_football_game" title="2003 Arkansas vs. Kentucky football game">Arkansas vs. Kentucky (2003)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Fiesta_Bowl" title="2005 Fiesta Bowl">2005 Fiesta Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Texas_vs._Ohio_State_football_game" title="2005 Texas vs. Ohio State football game">Texas vs. Ohio State (2005)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_USC_vs._Notre_Dame_football_game" title="2005 USC vs. Notre Dame football game">USC vs. Notre Dame (2006)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Rose_Bowl" title="2006 Rose Bowl">2006 Rose Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Michigan_State_vs._Northwestern_football_game" title="2006 Michigan State vs. Northwestern football game">Michigan State vs. Northwestern (2006)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Michigan_vs._Ohio_State_football_game" title="2006 Michigan vs. Ohio State football game">Michigan vs. Ohio State (2006)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Fiesta_Bowl" title="2007 Fiesta Bowl">2007 Fiesta Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Appalachian_State_vs._Michigan_football_game" title="2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game">Appalachian State vs. Michigan (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Stanford_vs._USC_football_game" title="2007 Stanford vs. USC football game">Stanford vs. USC (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Trinity_vs._Millsaps_football_game" title="2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game">Trinity vs. Millsaps (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Navy_vs._Notre_Dame_football_game" title="2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game">Navy vs. Notre Dame (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Navy_vs._North_Texas_football_game" title="2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game">Navy vs. North Texas (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Backyard_Brawl" title="2007 Backyard Brawl">Pittsburgh vs. West Virginia (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Texas_vs._Texas_Tech_football_game" title="2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game">Texas vs. Texas Tech (2008)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_SEC_Championship_Game" title="2009 SEC Championship Game">Alabama vs. Florida (2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Fiesta_Bowl" title="2010 Fiesta Bowl">2010 Fiesta Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Kilimanjaro_Bowl" title="2011 Kilimanjaro Bowl">2011 Kilimanjaro Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_LSU_vs._Alabama_football_game" title="2011 LSU vs. Alabama football game">LSU vs. Alabama (2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Oklahoma_State_vs._Iowa_State_football_game" title="2011 Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State football game">Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State (2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_SEC_Championship_Game" title="2012 SEC Championship Game">Alabama vs. Georgia (2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prayer_at_Jordan-Hare" title="Prayer at Jordan-Hare">Georgia vs. Auburn (2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kick_Six" title="Kick Six">Alabama vs. Auburn (2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Michigan_State_vs._Michigan_football_game" title="2015 Michigan State vs. Michigan football game">Michigan State vs. Michigan (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Florida_State_vs._Georgia_Tech_football_game" title="2015 Florida State vs. Georgia Tech football game">Florida State vs. Georgia Tech (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Armed_Forces_Bowl_(January)" title="2015 Armed Forces Bowl (January)">2015 Armed Forces Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_at_Bristol" title="Battle at Bristol">Tennessee vs. Virginia Tech (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Oklahoma_vs._Texas_Tech_football_game" title="2016 Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech football game">Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Block_Six" title="Block Six">Ohio State vs. Penn State (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Syracuse_vs._Pittsburgh_football_game" title="2016 Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh football game">Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_LSU_vs._Texas_A%26M_football_game" title="2018 LSU vs. Texas A&M football game">LSU vs. Texas A&M (2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_LSU_vs._Alabama_football_game" title="2019 LSU vs. Alabama football game">LSU vs. Alabama (2019)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Clemson_vs._Notre_Dame_football_game" title="2020 Clemson vs. Notre Dame football game"> Clemson vs. Notre Dame (2020)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_BYU_vs._Coastal_Carolina_football_game" title="2020 BYU vs. Coastal Carolina football game">Mormons vs. Mullets (2020)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Illinois_vs._Penn_State_football_game" title="2021 Illinois vs. Penn State football game">Illinois vs. Penn State (2021)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Houston_vs._SMU_football_game" title="2022 Houston vs. SMU football game">Houston vs. SMU (2022)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Georgia_Tech_vs._Miami_football_game" title="2023 Georgia Tech vs. Miami football game">Georgia Tech vs. Miami (2023)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Northern_Illinois_vs._Notre_Dame_football_game" title="2024 Northern Illinois vs. Notre Dame football game">Northern Illinois vs. Notre Dame (2024)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Alabama_vs._Vanderbilt_football_game" title="2024 Alabama vs. Vanderbilt football game">Alabama vs. Vanderbilt (2024)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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League">NASFL (1946–47)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Soccer_Association" title="United Soccer Association">USA (1967)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Professional_Soccer_League_(1967)" title="National Professional Soccer League (1967)">NPSL (1967)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Soccer_League_(1968%E2%80%931984)" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Soccer League (1968–1984)">NASL (1968–1984)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Soccer_League_(1984%E2%80%9385)" title="United Soccer League (1984–85)">USL (1984–85)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_Soccer_Alliance" title="Lone Star Soccer Alliance">LSSA (1987–1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Soccer_League_(1988%E2%80%9389)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Soccer League (1988–89)">ASL (1988–89)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Soccer_Alliance" title="Western Soccer Alliance">WSA (1989)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USL_Second_Division" title="USL Second Division">USL 2nd (1990–2010)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Professional_Soccer_League" title="American Professional Soccer League">APSL (1990–1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_(1995%E2%80%932004)" title="A-League (1995–2004)">A-League (1996–2004)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USL_First_Division" title="USL First Division">USL 1st (2005–2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USSF_Division_2_Professional_League" title="USSF Division 2 Professional League">D2 Pro (2010)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_of_America" title="Premier League of America">PLA (2015–2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Soccer_League_(2011%E2%80%932017)" title="North American Soccer League (2011–2017)">NASL (2011–2017)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Indoor leagues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_Arena_Soccer_League" title="Major Arena Soccer League">MASL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_Arena_Soccer_League_2" title="Major Arena Soccer League 2">MASL2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_Arena_Soccer_League_3" title="Major Arena Soccer League 3">MASL3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Indoor_Soccer_(2022-present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Indoor Soccer (2022-present)">MLIS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Indoor_Soccer_League_(2021)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Indoor Soccer League (2021)">NISL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_Arena_Soccer_League" title="Premier Arena Soccer League">PASL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Indoor_Soccer_League" title="Western Indoor Soccer League">WISL</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Soccer_League_(1968%E2%80%931984)" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Soccer League (1968–1984)">NASL (1975–76, 1979–1984)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_Indoor_Soccer_League_(1978%E2%80%931992)" title="Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992)">MISL (1978–1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Professional_Soccer_League_(1984%E2%80%932001)" title="National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001)">NPSL (1984–2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Indoor_Soccer_League" title="Continental Indoor Soccer League">CISL (1993–1997)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Indoor_Soccer_League" title="Eastern Indoor Soccer League">EISL (1997–98)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Indoor_Soccer_League" title="World Indoor Soccer League">WISL (1998–2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_Indoor_Soccer_League_(2001%E2%80%932008)" title="Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008)">MISL (2001–2008)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Indoor_Soccer_League" title="American Indoor Soccer League">AISL (2003–2008)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xtreme_Soccer_League" title="Xtreme Soccer League">XSL (2008–09)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_Indoor_Soccer_League_(2008%E2%80%932014)" title="Major Indoor Soccer League (2008–2014)">MISL (2008–2014)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Futsal leagues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Futsal" title="Major League Futsal">MLF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_Futsal_League" title="Professional Futsal League">PFL</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cup competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_Cup" title="U.S. Open Cup">U.S. Open Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USL_Cup" title="USL Cup">USL Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Amateur_Cup" title="National Amateur Cup">National Amateur Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Steinbrecher_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Hank Steinbrecher Cup">Hank Steinbrecher Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Open_Cup_for_Arena_Soccer" title="United States Open Cup for Arena Soccer">U.S. Open (indoor)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Amateur_Football_Association_Cup" title="American Amateur Football Association Cup">AAFA Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Cup" title="American Cup">American Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Cup" title="Lewis Cup">Lewis Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women's</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">Senior</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_women%27s_international_soccer_players" title="List of United States women's international soccer players">players</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_under-23_soccer_team" title="United States women's national under-23 soccer team">U23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_under-20_soccer_team" title="United States women's national under-20 soccer team">U20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_under-19_soccer_team" title="United States women's national under-19 soccer team">U19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_under-18_soccer_team" title="United States women's national under-18 soccer team">U18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_under-17_soccer_team" title="United States women's national under-17 soccer team">U17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_girls%27_national_under-15_soccer_team" title="United States girls' national under-15 soccer team">U15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_futsal_team" title="United States women's national futsal team">Futsal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_deaf_soccer_team" title="United States women's national deaf soccer team">Deaf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Outdoor leagues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Professional</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Soccer_League" title="National Women's Soccer League">NWSL</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NWSL_Challenge_Cup" title="NWSL Challenge Cup">NWSL Challenge Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWSL_Shield" title="NWSL Shield">NWSL Shield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWSL_playoffs" title="NWSL playoffs">Playoffs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USL_Super_League" title="USL Super League">USL Super League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPSL_PRO" title="WPSL PRO">WPSL PRO</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Amateur</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USL_W_League" title="USL W League">USL W League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League" title="Women's Premier Soccer League">WPSL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Women%27s_Soccer" title="United Women's Soccer">UWS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Premier_League" title="Ohio Valley Premier League">OVPL</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Indoor leagues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Indoor_Soccer_League_(2021)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Indoor Soccer League (2021)">NISL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_Arena_Soccer_League" title="Premier Arena Soccer League">PASL</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Futsal leagues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Futsal" title="Major League Futsal">MLF</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International competitions</th><td 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