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Harvard players at left, in white shirts</div></td></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/1873_McGill_Redmen_football_team" title="1873 McGill Redmen football team">McGill Redmen</a></td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/1873_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="1873 Harvard Crimson football team">Harvard Crimson</a></td> </tr><tr> <td style="font-size:300%; line-height:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">0</td> <td style="font-size:300%; line-height:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">0</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">2</th><th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">3</th> <th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">Total</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right; white-space: nowrap"><b>McGill</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight: bold">0</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right; white-space: nowrap"><b>Harvard</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight: bold">0</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">May 15, 1874</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1873_college_football_season" title="1873 college football season">1873</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stadium</th><td class="infobox-data">Jarvis Field</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1874 Harvard vs. McGill football game</b> was a two-game series between the <a href="/wiki/1873_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="1873 Harvard Crimson football team">Harvard Crimson</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1873_McGill_Redmen_football_team" title="1873 McGill Redmen football team">McGill Redmen</a> held in <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge, Massachusetts</a>, on May 14 and 15, 1874.<sup id="cite_ref-phd93_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phd93-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mun_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mun-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the first game being played under the Harvard's "<a href="/wiki/Boston_game" title="Boston game">Boston game</a>", the second one was the first <a href="/wiki/Rugby_football" title="Rugby football">rugby</a>-style football game played in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-PFRA1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFRA1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It used three periods or "games" and ended in a scoreless tie.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/1869_New_Jersey_vs._Rutgers_football_game" class="mw-redirect" title="1869 New Jersey vs. Rutgers football game">Princeton vs. Rutgers football game</a> had been played five years earlier (in 1869), but under a variation of England's <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">The Football Association</a> <a href="/wiki/Laws_of_the_Game_(association_football)" title="Laws of the Game (association football)">rules</a>, closer to contemporary <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">soccer</a> than <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a>. </p><p>The Boston game rules were developed by the first organized football team, the <a href="/wiki/Oneida_Football_Club" title="Oneida Football Club">Oneida Football Club</a>, founded in 1862. Many of its members went on to found, and play for, the Harvard team. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1874_Harvard_vs._McGill_football_game&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mcgill_v_harvard_montreal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Mcgill_v_harvard_montreal.jpg/220px-Mcgill_v_harvard_montreal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Mcgill_v_harvard_montreal.jpg/330px-Mcgill_v_harvard_montreal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Mcgill_v_harvard_montreal.jpg/440px-Mcgill_v_harvard_montreal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="216" /></a><figcaption>After the two games in <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge, Massachusetts</a>, Harvard travelled to <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a> to play a third game.</figcaption></figure> <p>On October 20, 1873, representatives from Yale, Columbia, Princeton, and Rutgers met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City to codify the first set of intercollegiate football rules. Before this meeting, each school had its own set of rules and games were usually played using the home team's own particular code. At this meeting, a list of rules, based more on <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> than on <a href="/wiki/Rugby_football" title="Rugby football">rugby football</a>, was drawn up for intercollegiate football games.<sup id="cite_ref-PFRA1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFRA1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harvard, which played the <a href="/wiki/Boston_game" title="Boston game">Boston game</a>, a version of football that allowed carrying, refused to attend this rules conference and continued to play under its own code. While Harvard's voluntary absence from the meeting made it hard for them to schedule games against other American universities, it agreed to a challenge to play <a href="/wiki/McGill_University" title="McGill University">McGill University</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, Canada, in a two-game series. </p><p>The McGill team traveled to <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge</a> to meet Harvard. On May 14, 1874, the first game, played under Boston rules, was dominated by Harvard, which lead 3–0 after only 22 minutes when the game was ended.<sup id="cite_ref-PFRA1_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFRA1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-davis_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davis-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next day, the two teams played under "McGill" rugby rules to a scoreless tie.<sup id="cite_ref-PFRA1_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFRA1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first game featured a round ball instead of a rugby-style oblong ball.<sup id="cite_ref-davis_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davis-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McGill used a bladder covered by leather instead of a rubber ball as did Harvard, which was much more difficult to kick.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The game drew about 500 attendees, most of whom were students.<sup id="cite_ref-mun_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mun-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This series of games represents an important milestone in the development of the modern game of American football.<sup id="cite_ref-phd93_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phd93-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> A similar game was played a year later between Harvard and <a href="/wiki/Tufts_Jumbos_football" title="Tufts Jumbos football">Tufts</a> establishing this as the first game between two American colleges played under rules used in today's version of <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a>. </p><p>At this time, the <a href="/wiki/Try_(rugby)" title="Try (rugby)">try</a> was not used in American football. The try would later evolve into the score known as the <a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">touchdown</a>. In late <a href="/wiki/1874_college_football_season" title="1874 college football season">1874</a>, the <a href="/wiki/1874%E2%80%9375_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1874–75 Harvard Crimson football team">Harvard</a> team traveled to Montreal to play <a href="/wiki/1874_McGill_Redmen_football_team" title="1874 McGill Redmen football team">McGill</a> in rugby, and won by three tries in front of 2,000 spectators.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_End_Grounds" title="South End Grounds">Boston Baseball Grounds</a> (1877–1881)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holmes_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Holmes Field">Holmes Field</a> (1881–1882, 1888)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarvis_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Jarvis Field">Jarvis Field</a> (1883–1893)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_J._O%27Donnell_Field" title="Joseph J. 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title="Harvard–Yale football rivalry">Yale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#A31F36;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #2C2A29, inset -2px -2px 0 #2C2A29;;width:1%">Culture and lore</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>"<a href="/wiki/Ten_Thousand_Men_of_Harvard" title="Ten Thousand Men of Harvard">Ten Thousand Men of Harvard</a>"</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1874 McGill game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Centre_vs._Harvard_football_game" title="1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game">1921 Centre game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Yale_vs._Harvard_football_game" title="1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game">1968 Yale game</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Harvard_Beats_Yale_29%E2%80%9329" title="Harvard Beats Yale 29–29">Harvard Beats Yale 29–29</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Harvard%E2%80%93Yale_prank" title="2004 Harvard–Yale prank">2004 Harvard–Yale prank</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#A31F36;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #2C2A29, inset -2px -2px 0 #2C2A29;;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="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Harvard_Crimson_head_football_coaches&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Harvard Crimson head football coaches (page does not exist)">Head coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Harvard_Crimson_in_the_NFL_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Harvard Crimson in the NFL Draft">NFL draftees</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#A31F36;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #2C2A29, inset -2px -2px 0 #2C2A29;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Harvard_Crimson_football_seasons" title="List of Harvard Crimson 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><a href="/wiki/1873%E2%80%9374_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1873–74 Harvard Crimson football team">1873</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1874%E2%80%9375_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1874–75 Harvard Crimson football team">1874</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1875%E2%80%9376_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1875–76 Harvard Crimson football team">1875</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876%E2%80%9377_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1876–77 Harvard Crimson football team">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1877 Harvard Crimson football team">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1878 Harvard Crimson football team">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1879 Harvard Crimson football team">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1880 Harvard Crimson football team">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1881 Harvard Crimson football team">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1882 Harvard Crimson football team">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1883 Harvard Crimson football team">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1884 Harvard Crimson football team">1884</a></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1885</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1886 Harvard Crimson football team">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1887 Harvard Crimson football team">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1888 Harvard Crimson football team">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1889 Harvard Crimson football team">1889</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1890_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1890 Harvard Crimson football team">1890</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1891 Harvard Crimson football team">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1892 Harvard Crimson football team">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1893 Harvard Crimson football team">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1894 Harvard Crimson football team">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1895 Harvard Crimson football team">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1896 Harvard Crimson football team">1896</a></li> <li><a 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team">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1985 Harvard Crimson football team">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1986 Harvard Crimson football team">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1987 Harvard Crimson football team">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1988 Harvard Crimson football team">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1989 Harvard Crimson football team">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1990 Harvard Crimson football team">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1991 Harvard Crimson football team">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1992 Harvard Crimson football team">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1993 Harvard Crimson football team">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1994 Harvard Crimson football team">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1995 Harvard Crimson football team">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1996 Harvard Crimson football team">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1997 Harvard Crimson football team">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1998 Harvard Crimson football team">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1999 Harvard Crimson football team">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2000 Harvard Crimson football team">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2001 Harvard Crimson football team">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2002 Harvard Crimson football team">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2003 Harvard Crimson football team">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2004 Harvard Crimson football team">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2005 Harvard Crimson football team">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2006 Harvard Crimson football team">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2007 Harvard Crimson football team">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2008 Harvard Crimson football team">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2009 Harvard Crimson football team">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2010 Harvard Crimson football team">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2011 Harvard Crimson football team">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2012 Harvard Crimson football team">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2013 Harvard Crimson football team">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2014 Harvard Crimson football team">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2015 Harvard Crimson football team">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2016 Harvard Crimson football team">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2017 Harvard Crimson football team">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2018 Harvard Crimson football team">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="2019 Harvard Crimson football team">2019</a></li> <li><span style="color:gray">2020</span></li> <li><a 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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 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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 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