(11-06-2023, 01:06 PM)yvonne Wrote: On this date 154 years ago, the Rutgers Queensmen beat the Princeton Tigers (???) 6-4. The game was played under rules closer to rugby, but it is the date recognized by the NCAA as the birthdate of college football.
In 1869, it would have been Rutgers College vs. College of New Jersey. Princeton College was used informally but "Princeton" didn't become the formal name until the school rebranded as Princeton University in 1896. "Tigers" came into use in the 1880s.