Football History Rewind
1903 American Football Season
When we last left this series in 1902, a challenge was issued as to why football is called the “gridiron.” How did you do…
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Football History Rewind
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1900 American Football Season
The 1900 football season was dominated by another strong Yale team, which was unanimously retroactively named the champion by most experts. The calm before…
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Football History Rewind
1899 American Football Season
The final season of the 19th century added a couple of tweaks to the rules of American football, propelling it into the next century.…
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1898 American Football Season
Football in the late 1890’s was in a fairly stable period for the fledgling sport, relatively speaking. It was only a few years prior…
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1897 American Football Season
A major meeting took place on February 19, 1897, featuring representatives from Walter Camp, Cornell, Harvard, Penn, Navy, and Princeton. The big news was…
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Football History Rewind
1896 American Football Season
Before we start looking at football in 1896, let’s review what was happening at the time. The big eastern schools were divided into two…
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1895 American Football Season
In 1895, American football was at a breaking point. It had been almost two decades since Americans had written down their own rules of…
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1894 American Football Season
Innovation in football is often celebrated as the mother of invention. However, in 1893, certain innovations, driven by strategists such as Lorin F. DeLand…
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1893 American Football Season
When we last left the history lesson on football in this series, at the conclusion of 1892, we learned that the “Flying Wedge” formation…
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1892 American Football Season
The 1892 season opened with promise, as the Graduate Advisory Committee suggested tweaks to the rules, while teams like Harvard looked to push the…
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