The first intercollegiate championship football game held in America between Yale and Princeton, Yale winning by a score of 2 to 0, having kicked two goals. - Print shows a late 19th century college football game between Yale University and Princeton University; it has more the appearance of a brawl than an organized sporting event. Spectators line the side of the field in the background and the trees are glowing with autumn color. The St. George Cricket Field in Hoboken, New Jersey. Thanksgiving Day, November 1876.

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Size: 5975px × 3332px
Photo credit: © Niday Picture Library / Alamy / Afripics
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