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Class is in session! The lessons are from some of the greatest football history researchers, writers, podcasters, and historians that preserve the gridiron legacy. Aren't we lucky that they share their knowledge with us! Enjoy these nuggest below in this collection as they will take you right to the source websites.
The 1903 Columbia-Penn Checkerboard
One of these days, I will put together a list of my ten favorite football images. This shot of the 1903 Pennsylvania-Columbia game at the Polo Grounds will be among them because it communicates so much about football at the time. Played at the third version of the Polo Grounds, 10,000 people attended the game, with most arriving via the subway cars seen just beyond the stands on the far side of the field. Another several hundred people watch the game from Coogan’s Bluff. They are at the top of — www.footballarchaeology.com
Timothy P Brown takes us back in time once again, this time to the 1903 season and the Polo Grounds checkerboard football field in October for the Penn - Columbia game. Tim shares some great photos of the field with some informative insights. An excellent piece of football field history.
John Heisman and Michigan's 100o wins
What would you think of a first-year coach who opened the season by beating Ohio State 40-0, trouncing them a second time 50-0, and ending the season with a 24-22 victory over Michigan? Those three wins define John Heisman’s first season coaching at Oberlin. He also picked up two victories against Adelbert College, a predecessor to Case Western Reserve, and wins over Ohio Wesleyan and Kenyon. That 7-0 season came in 1892, immediately after Heisman left the University of Pennsylvania with a law — www.footballarchaeology.com
John Heisman played three fruitful seasons at the University of Pennsylvania and then went on to a legendary coaching career; his first stop was at Oberlin College, where he beat a few teams no one dreamed his team could.
The First Extra Point Conversion by Forward Pass?
When football adopted its point-based scoring system in 1883, kicking goals from the field (field goals) were primary. They earned five points, touchdowns were worth two points, and goals from touchdowns (extra points) were worth four points. Although touchdowns gave teams two points, they also gave a chance at a free kick for the try after the touchdown. (The defense had to stand in the end zone and could rush the kicker only after the holder placed the ball to the ground.) — www.footballarchaeology.com
Could this be the first instance of a converted extra-point attempt after a TD via a forward pass? Timothy P. Brown tells the play's story as the t Washington & Jefferson Presidents played the Lafayette Leopards in 1921.
When Passing Into The End Zone Became Legal
We take for granted back-shoulder passes into the front corner and fade routes in the back corner of the end zone, yet both exist today due to a long line of changes to football’s rules, strategies, and techniques. Neither was legal in football’s early passing days, so let’s look at why that was so and the changes that gave us such exciting plays. — www.footballarchaeology.com
Throwing a football to a receiver in the endzone was not always a touchdown according to the rules of football. At one point it was something very undesirable for an offense. Timothy P Brown the Archaeologist of Football history digs into this subject.
Bootleg Footballs and Changing Specifications
We are all familiar with \"bootlegs\" in football, which entered the game with Pop Warner’s 1927 Stanford team when they ran what appeared to be a Statue of Liberty play to the left. Instead, the double-wing fullback faked the give, concealed the ball on his hip, and ran around the right end for a touchdown. — www.footballarchaeology.com
Bootleg footballs, Timothy P Brown, Football Archaeology, 1925-1926 GoldSmith catalog, "Slim Jim" ball
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