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Events on Saturday 6 November 1869 1
1869First intercollegiate American football game playedRutgers defeats Princeton in New BrunswickRutgers College defeated the College of New Jersey, later Princeton, six goals to four in what is widely regarded as the first intercollegiate American football game. The match was played under rules closer to soccer than modern football. It marked the beginning of organized college football in the United States.