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NCAA football has been an intercollegiate sport for more then one hundred years. The first game was played on Nov 6, 1869 between Rutgers University and Princeton University. The game was at college field (now the site of the college avenue gymnasium) in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Rutgers won by a score of 6 to 4, but the game showed little resemblance of today's game. The rules were from the English Football Association, the basis of modern day soccer
Ivy League schools dominated college footballs early days. Yale University's Walter Camp thought up many of the rules in the early game. He made up rules and regulations such as 11 men lineups, lines of scrimmage separating offensive and defensive teams. Soon Camp has a say in reducing the field size since it was nearly double the size when the game first started. He also allowed the offense to get a first down after gaining 5 yards and 3 downs, much different then today's 10 yards in 4 downs.......

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