1869–70 college soccer season

August 2023 1869–70 6 8 goals:Princeton 8–0 Rutgers(November 13, 1869) 10 goals:Rutgers 6–4 Princeton(November 6, 1869) 1868–69 1870–71 September 28, 2022 The 1869–70 college soccer season was the fourth season of college soccer in the United States and the first known to have intercollegiate games. The 1869 season consisted of only two total games, both of which occurred between Rutgers University and Princeton University; The first was played on November 6 at Rutgers' campus, and the second was played on November 13 at Princeton's campus. The games are also considered the first ever college football games. Matches played There were only two matches played between two different universities during the season, both between teams from Rutgers College (now Rutgers University) and the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).http://www.historyoffootball.net/ Home historyoffootball.net1800s Rutgers Through The Years Rutgers University http://ruweb.rutgers.edu/timeline/1800.htm 2007-05-16 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070120202924/http://ruweb.rutgers.edu/timeline/1800.htm 2007-01-20 Rutgers won the first match by a score of 6–4.http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ivyleague/princeton/yearly_results.php?year=1869 College Football Data Warehouse April 4, 2011 David DeLassus Princeton Yearly Results (1869) dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100213111825/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ivyleague/princeton/yearly_results.php?year=1869 February 13, 2010 Princeton won the second match 8–0. The rules governing play were based on the London-based Football Association's 1863 rules that disallowed carrying or throwing the ball making it the first intercollegiate soccer game in the United States.Brown Matt 2019-01-28 Best of the 1870s: The defining players and teams of college football’s first decade https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/785887/2019/01/28/1870s-college-football-best-players-teams-games/ 2025-03-03 The AthleticAmerica and the 1863 Football Association Code by Melvin Smith on Society for American Soccer History, 6 Oct 2015U.S. Soccer Timeline https://www.ussoccer.com/history/timeline June 23, 2020 U.S. SoccerWangerin David http://archive.org/details/soccerinfootball0000wang Soccer in a football world : the story of America's forgotten game 2008 Temple University Press 978-1-59213-885-2 Philadelphia 2020-06-23Allaway Roger March 26, 2001 West Hudson: A Cradle of American Soccer https://ussoccerhistory.org/ASHA/ASHA/hudson.html July 29, 2024 ussoccerhistory.org In addition to being considered one of the earlier soccer games reported in the United States, these two games are considered to be the first organized American college football games to ever be played.Carzo, Rocco J. "Jumbo Footprints: A History of Tufts Athletics", Medford, MA: Tufts University Gallery, 2005; summarized in Another 'Pass' At History https://web.archive.org/web/20161112160921/http://enews.tufts.edu/stories/612/2004/09/27/AnotherPassAtHistory/ 2016-11-12 by Tufts University eNews on 27 September 2004. Accessed 2 January 2012.Citing Research, Tufts Claims Football History is on its Side https://web.archive.org/web/20130526014241/https://secure.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/697859951.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+23%2C+2004&author=Kevin+Paul+Dupont%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe&edition=&startpage=E.1&desc=GRIDIRON+GRIDLOCK+%3B+CITING+RESEARCH%2C+TUFTS+CLAIMS+FOOTBALL+HISTORY+IS+ON+ITS+SIDE 2013-05-26 Boston Globe Article, 23 September 2004, Accessed 1 January 2012. During the season there were other scheduled soccer matches scheduled that ended up being cancelled. A soccer game between the Virginia Military Institute and Washington & Lee University was scheduled for October 23, 1869, but the match was cancelled due to rain. There were intracollegiate matches played between student bodies at the University of Michigan, Brown University, and the College of New Jersey (now known as Princeton University).Smith Melvin I. Evolvements of Early American Foot Ball: Through the 1890/91 Season November 6, 2008 Smith Publishing Bloomington, Indiana 9781434362469 53–54 Conference table The first game 300 The first game rutgers targum nov 1869.jpg Birthplace of College football plaque (cropped).jpg (Left): "The Foot-Ball Match", Chronicle of the first game at The Targum, Nov 1869;(right): plaque on College Avenue on the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University identifying the place where the game was played left See also The First Game 1860s in American soccer 1869 college football season References External links Record of 2 games played College