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240-563: A 0–0 tie. The Army–Navy game of 1893 saw the first documented use of a football helmet by a player in a game. Joseph M. Reeves had a crude leather helmet made by a shoemaker in Annapolis and wore it in the game after being warned by his doctor that he risked death if he continued to play football after suffering an earlier kick to the head. In 1879, the University of Michigan became the first school west of Pennsylvania to establish
360-501: A 32-yard pass to the 4-yard line. On the next play, Robinson scored on a 4-yard touchdown run with 17 seconds remaining. With his performance against Indiana, Robinson became the first player in Division I FBS history to have two regular season games with 200 yards rushing and 200 yards passing. Seven others have accomplished the feat (including Pat White, Vince Young and Antwaan Randle El ), but none have done so more than once in
480-602: A 34–17 loss to Michigan State in the Paul Bunyan Trophy game, Robinson completed 17 of 29 passes for 215 passing yards but threw three interceptions. He was also limited to 86 rushing yards on 21 carries. Despite a "lackluster" performance against the Spartans, Sports Illustrated selected Robinson for its "September Heisman" following the Michigan State game. He was also selected by Mark Schlabach as
600-463: A 56-game undefeated streak that included a 1902 trip to play in the first college football bowl game , which later became the Rose Bowl Game . During this streak, Michigan scored 2,831 points while allowing only 40. Organized intercollegiate football was first played in the state of Minnesota on September 30, 1882, when Hamline was convinced to play Minnesota . Minnesota won 2 to 0. It
720-489: A 59-yard scoring drive capped by his own 3-yard touchdown run with 3:16 left to cut the lead to 30–28. However, on the following drive, Robinson's threw an interception at Michigan's 31-yard line with 44 seconds remaining in the game. Robinson led the Wolverines on four scoring drives against Delaware State , throwing his first two collegiate touchdown passes and scoring a rushing touchdown as well. His only start of
840-436: A 70-yard touchdown pass to Junior Hemingway , the longest of his career, to give Michigan a 28–21 lead. On Michigan's next drive, Robinson aggravated the knee injury sustained the prior week against Bowling Green and came out of the game for the remainder of the drive. He returned to the game and led Michigan on a game-winning, 65-yard touchdown drive in the final minute of the game. With 21 seconds remaining, Robinson completed
960-562: A 99-yard touchdown drive with 18 seconds left to give them a 14–12 win. In October 2008 against St. Thomas Aquinas High School , Robinson was responsible for six touchdowns in a single game, passing for 342 yards and five touchdowns and rushing for 54 yards and a touchdown. As a three-year starter for Deerfield Beach, Robinson totaled nearly 6,000 yards of total offense with 4,784 passing yards (262 for 576 passing) and 1,132 rushing yards (5.2 yards per carry). In addition, Robinson competed in track for Deerfield Beach. In March 2009, he ran
1080-514: A college football team. On May 30, 1879, Michigan beat Racine College 1–0 in a game played in Chicago. The Chicago Daily Tribune called it "the first rugby-football game to be played west of the Alleghenies ." Other Midwestern schools soon followed suit, including the University of Chicago , Northwestern University , and the University of Minnesota . The first western team to travel east
1200-461: A freshman and sophomore, he also competed as a sprinter for the Michigan men's track and field team . He has run the 40-yard dash in 4.32 seconds, and he recorded the fastest competition time in 2010 among Michigan's sprinters in the 60-meter dash . Robinson was born in 1990, the son of Thomas Robinson Sr. and Dorothea Robinson. Robinson began playing pee-wee football by age 10 and played
1320-483: A general athlete and 188th overall. Scout.com categorized him as a cornerback and ranked him 16th in the nation. Robinson received scholarship offers from Florida , Georgia , Kansas State , Michigan , and other programs. Michigan initially recruited Robinson as a defensive back , and Robinson declined. Robinson recalled that it was one of his goals to play quarterback at the college level. After observing his passing abilities, Michigan recruited Robinson as
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#17327913991311440-447: A great deal to Harvard's rugby. They decided to play with 15 players on each team. On November 13, 1875, Yale and Harvard played each other for the first time ever, where Harvard won 4–0. At the first The Game (as the annual contest between Harvard and Yale came to be named) the future "father of American football" Walter Camp was among the 2000 spectators in attendance. Walter, a native of New Britain, Connecticut , would enroll at Yale
1560-548: A liking to the rugby game, and its use of the try which, until that time, was not used in American football. The try would later evolve into the score known as the touchdown . On June 4, 1875, Harvard faced Tufts University in the first game between two American colleges played under rules similar to the McGill/Harvard contest, which was won by Tufts 1–0. The rules included each side fielding 11 men at any given time,
1680-501: A new code of rules based on the rugby game first introduced to Harvard by McGill University in 1874. Three of the schools—Harvard, Columbia, and Princeton—formed the Intercollegiate Football Association, as a result of the meeting. Yale initially refused to join this association because of a disagreement over the number of players to be allowed per team (relenting in 1879) and Rutgers were not invited to
1800-503: A player to pick up the ball and run with it whenever he wished. Another rule, unique to McGill, was to count tries (the act of grounding the football past the opposing team's goal line; there was no end zone during this time), as well as goals, in the scoring. In the Rugby rules of the time, a try only provided the attempt to kick a free goal from the field. If the kick was missed, the try did not score any points itself. Harvard quickly took
1920-465: A professional roster spot as an undrafted free agent . Despite these opportunities, only around 1.6% of NCAA college football players end up playing professionally in the NFL. Even after the emergence of the professional National Football League (NFL), college football has remained extremely popular throughout the U.S. Although the college game has a much larger margin for talent than its pro counterpart,
2040-451: A quarterback and became the ninth quarterback in NCAA history (and the first since Pat White in 2006) to rush and pass for more than 200 yards in a single game. His rushing total also ranks as the all-time best in a road game by any Michigan player, regardless of position. After the game, Brandon Graham , who played with Robinson at Michigan in 2009 and also played with Michael Vick on
2160-508: A quarterback and became the only player in NCAA Division I FBS history to both pass for 200 yards and rush for 200 yards in a regular season game twice. As a junior in 2011, Robinson led a resurgent Michigan team to an 11–2 record and a victory over Virginia Tech in the 2012 Sugar Bowl . He threw for a career-high 338 passing yards in a come-from-behind victory over Notre Dame in the first night game played at Michigan Stadium . At
2280-565: A quarterback remind me of a running back?) But there is a shocking resemblance between the diminutive playmakers in their speed, elusiveness and quickness. So is the effect the two have on my sense of what is right and wrong. Being that dominant on a football field somehow feels wrong. It's unfair. On October 4, 2010, Robinson was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (for the third time in five weeks), and also received
2400-443: A quarterback. In his ninth start, Robinson passed for a career-high 302 yards and ran for 62 yards against Illinois . On the first play from scrimmage, Robinson threw a 75-yard touchdown pass to Roy Roundtree . In the second quarter, Robinson also threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Roundtree and another 75-yard pass to Roundtree to set up Michigan's third touchdown. Robinson set a school single-half record with 262 passing yards in
2520-534: A quarterback. On February 4, 2009, Robinson announced that he had signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Michigan. Sources: Robinson enrolled in the University of Michigan's School of Kinesiology in the fall of 2009. During Michigan's 2009 summer training camp, Robinson was in competition for the starting quarterback position with fellow freshman Tate Forcier and junior Nick Sheridan. Forcier, who enrolled early and participated in spring practice,
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#17327913991312640-510: A rougher version of football called "the Boston Game" in which the kicking of a round ball was the most prominent feature though a player could run with the ball, pass it, or dribble it (known as "babying"). The man with the ball could be tackled, although hitting, tripping, "hacking" and other unnecessary roughness was prohibited. There was no limit to the number of players, but there were typically ten to fifteen per side. A player could carry
2760-533: A round ball instead of a rugby-style oblong ball. This series of games represents an important milestone in the development of the modern game of American football. In October 1874, the Harvard team once again traveled to Montreal to play McGill in rugby, where they won by three tries. In as much as Rugby football had been transplanted to Canada from England, the McGill team played under a set of rules which allowed
2880-537: A team be required to advance the ball a minimum of five yards within three downs. These down-and-distance rules, combined with the establishment of the line of scrimmage, transformed the game from a variation of rugby football into the distinct sport of American football. Camp was central to several more significant rule changes that came to define American football. In 1881, the field was reduced in size to its modern dimensions of 120 by 53 1 ⁄ 3 yards (109.7 by 48.8 meters). Several times in 1883, Camp tinkered with
3000-512: A youth, he excelled in sports like track , baseball, and association football, and after enrolling at Yale in 1876, he earned varsity honors in every sport the school offered. Following the introduction of rugby-style rules to American football, Camp became a fixture at the Massasoit House conventions where rules were debated and changed. Dissatisfied with what seemed to him to be a disorganized mob, he proposed his first rule change at
3120-495: Is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football first gained popularity in the United States . Like gridiron football generally, college football is most popular in the United States and Canada. While no single governing body exists for college football in the United States, most schools, especially those at
3240-477: Is a joint marketing venture between AT&T and ESPN that allows fans to select college football 's player of the week and player of the year respectively. Each "vote" counts as an entry into an AT&T sweepstakes , usually for a trip to the BCS National Championship game. According to a press release, AT&T does not "divulge or confirm the number of votes". AT&T and ESPN share
3360-529: Is generally considered to be the second tier of American and Canadian football; ahead of high school competition , but below professional competition . In some parts of the United States, especially the South and Midwest , college football is more popular than professional football. For much of the 20th century, college football was generally considered to be more prestigious than professional football. The overwhelming majority of professional football players in
3480-519: Is unbelievable and his ability to go in one direction and get in another. The perception people have is that's speed. That's not speed, that's quickness." Robinson won the 60-meter dash in his college track debut in "The Dual" against Ohio State on January 16, 2010. His time of 6.81 stood up as the best by a Wolverine for the season. He finished fifth in the 60-meter dash at the Meyo Invitational on February 6, 2010. He finished ninth in
3600-684: Is widely regarded as having originated with a game played in Montreal, in 1865, when British Army officers played local civilians. The game gradually gained a following, and the Montreal Football Club was formed in 1868, the first recorded non-university football club in Canada. Early games appear to have had much in common with the traditional " mob football " played in Great Britain. The games remained largely unorganized until
3720-477: The 100 meters sprint in 10.44 seconds, and finished third in the 100-meter dash at the 2008 Florida 4A Track & Field State Championships. He also ran the 40-yard dash in 4.32 seconds. He was also a member of the 2008 Florida High School Athletic Association state champion 4 x 100 metres relay team. As a high school senior, ESPN ranked Robinson seventh in the country as a general athlete and 101st regardless of position. Rivals.com ranked him 14th as
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3840-793: The Michigan Wolverines as a quarterback . Robinson was selected by the Jaguars in the 2013 NFL draft . As a sophomore in 2010, Robinson set the single-season Division I FBS record for rushing yards by a quarterback and became the only player in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) history to both pass and rush for 1,500 yards. Robinson also broke the Big Ten Conference season record with 4,272 yards of total offense (2,570 yards passing and 1,702 yards rushing) and led
3960-566: The NFL and other leagues previously played college football. The NFL draft each spring sees 224 players selected and offered a contract to play in the league, with the vast majority coming from the NCAA . Other professional leagues, such as the CFL and UFL , additionally hold their own drafts each year which also see primarily college players selected. Players who are not selected can still attempt to obtain
4080-693: The Old Main lawn on campus in State College, Pennsylvania . They compiled a 12–8–1 record in these seasons, playing as an independent from 1887 to 1890. In 1891, the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Football Association (PIFA) was formed. It consisted of Bucknell University , Dickinson College , Franklin & Marshall College , Haverford College , Penn State, and Swarthmore College . Lafayette College , and Lehigh University were excluded because it
4200-494: The Orange Bowl , Robinson led his team to within two points of upsetting Miami Northwestern , the top-ranked high school team in the country. While warming up, Robinson noticed that a Miami Northwestern lineman had taped a photograph of Robinson onto the front of his helmet. Robinson started laughing and told the player, "You think that scares us?" Robinson had Deerfield ahead in the game, 12–7, but Miami Northwestern completed
4320-532: The Philadelphia Eagles told reporters that Robinson is even quicker than Vick: "Both of them are pretty fast, I just think Vick's older; he's not really that fast like how Shoelace is. I think Shoelace is more quick than Vick, but Vick, he gets away. He's pretty fast still. I think Shoelace might have got him by a couple steps." Robinson's performance drew praise from the national media. The Wall Street Journal called Robinson "the breakout star of
4440-403: The 100 meters in 10.4 seconds with his shoes untied, Michigan quarterbacks coach Rod Smith called it "the damnedest thing I've ever seen" and added, "Anybody that runs that fast I'm not going to tell him how to tie his shoes." Robinson wears Adidas Reggie2 Superfly shoes with Velcro straps to secure them to his feet. As a ninth grader, Robinson tried out for a spot as a defensive back for
4560-401: The 19th century, when intramural games of football began to be played on college campuses. Each school played its own variety of football. Princeton University students played a game called "ballown" as early as 1820. In 1827, a Harvard tradition known as "Bloody Monday" began, which consisted of a mass ballgame between the freshman and sophomore classes. In 1860, both the town police and
4680-525: The College of New Jersey, in the first collegiate football game . The game more closely resembled soccer than football as it is played in the 21st century. It was played with a round ball , and used a set of rules suggested by Rutgers captain William J. Leggett , based on The Football Association 's first set of rules , which were an early attempt by the former pupils of England's public schools, to unify
4800-648: The Davey O'Brien Quarterback of the Week award (for the second time in four weeks). After five games, Robinson remained the nation's leading rusher in both total yards (905) and yards per game (181). He also ranked fourth in the country with a quarterback rating of 180. After leading Michigan to a 5–0 record and breaking the school's total offense records, Robinson was the front-runner for the Heisman Trophy. His Heisman prospects suffered after three consecutive losses to Michigan State , Iowa and Penn State . In
4920-770: The Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City to codify the first set of intercollegiate football rules. Before this meeting, each school had its own set of rules and games were usually played using the home team's own particular code. At this meeting, a list of rules, based more on the Football Association's rules than the rules of the recently founded Rugby Football Union , was drawn up for intercollegiate football games. Old "Football Fightum" had been resurrected at Harvard in 1872, when Harvard resumed playing football. Harvard, however, preferred to play
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5040-510: The NFL, are not permitted by the NCAA to be paid salaries. Colleges are only allowed to provide non-monetary compensation such as athletic scholarships that provide for tuition, housing, and books. With new bylaws made by the NCAA, college athletes can now receive "name, image, and likeness" (NIL) deals, a way to get sponsorships and money before their pro debut. Modern North American football has its origins in various games, all known as "football", played at public schools in Great Britain in
5160-756: The North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, North Carolina . On November 13, 1887, the Virginia Cavaliers and Pantops Academy fought to a scoreless tie in the first organized football game in the state of Virginia . Students at UVA were playing pickup games of the kicking-style of football as early as 1870, and some accounts even claim that some industrious ones organized a game against Washington and Lee College in 1871, just two years after Rutgers and Princeton's historic first game in 1869. But no record has been found of
5280-525: The Offensive MVP in ESPN.com's Mid-Season Awards. One week after the loss to Michigan State, the Wolverines lost to Iowa, 38–28. Robinson was limited to 96 passing yards and 105 rushing yards and threw his fifth interception of the season. In the third quarter, Robinson suffered a shoulder injury and did not return to the game. Michigan's record dropped to 5–3 with a 41–31 loss to Penn State. Despite
5400-5682: The Week winners [ edit ] 2011 [ edit ] Week Player Position College Source Week 1 Robert Griffin III QB Baylor Week 2 Denard Robinson QB Michigan Week 3 Seth Doege QB Texas Tech Week 4 Brandon Weeden QB Oklahoma State Week 5 Tyler Wilson QB Arkansas Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Seth Doege QB Texas Tech 2010 [ edit ] Week Player Position College Source Week 1 Denard Robinson QB Michigan Week 2 Denard Robinson QB Michigan Week 3 Ryan Mallett QB Arkansas Week 4 Mark Ingram II RB Alabama Week 5 Denard Robinson QB Michigan Week 6 Taylor Potts QB Texas Tech 2009 [ edit ] Week Player Position College Source Week 1 Jimmy Clausen QB Notre Dame Week 2 Tate Forcier QB Michigan Week 3 Landry Jones QB Oklahoma Week 4 Adrian Clayborn DE Iowa Week 5 Golden Tate WR Notre Dame Week 6 Jonathan Crompton QB Tennessee Week 7 Mark Ingram II RB Alabama Week 8 Terrence Cody G Alabama Week 9 Case Keenum QB Houston Week 10 Jordan Shipley WR Texas Week 11 Dexter McCluster RB/WR Mississippi Week 12 Jeremiah Masoli QB Oregon Week 13 Colt McCoy QB Texas 2008 [ edit ] Week Player Position College Source Week 1 Graham Harrell QB Texas Tech Week 2 Patrick Pinkney QB East Carolina Week 3 Michael Crabtree WR Texas Tech Week 4 Jarrett Lee QB LSU Week 5 John Parker Wilson QB Alabama Week 6 Graham Harrell QB Texas Tech Week 7 Jordan Shipley WR Texas Week 8 Colt McCoy QB Texas Week 9 Matt Williams PK Texas Tech Week 10 Graham Harrell QB Texas Tech Week 11 Graham Harrell QB Texas Tech 2007 [ edit ] Week Player Position College Source Week 4 Graham Harrell QB Texas Tech Week 6 Graham Harrell QB Texas Tech Week 11 Kevin Smith RB UCF 2006 [ edit ] Week Player Position College September 2 Ray Rice RB Rutgers September 9 Brady Quinn QB Notre Dame September 16 Mario Manningham WR Michigan September 23 Brady Quinn QB Notre Dame September 30 Calvin Johnson WR Georgia Tech October 7 Erik Ainge QB Tennessee October 14 Colt McCoy QB Texas October 21 John Beck QB Brigham Young October 28 Colt McCoy QB Texas November 4 Darren McFadden RB Arkansas November 11 Josh Freeman QB Kansas State November 18 Troy Smith QB Ohio State 2005 [ edit ] Week Player Position College September 3 D. J. Shockley QB Georgia September 10 Vince Young QB Texas September 17 Reggie McNeal QB Texas A&M September 24 Laurence Maroney RB Minnesota October 1 Brady Quinn QB Notre Dame October 8 Maurice Drew RB UCLA October 15 Vince Young QB Texas October 22 Brady Quinn QB Notre Dame October 29 Vince Young QB Texas November 5 Tom Zbikowski SS Notre Dame November 12 Kenny Irons RB Auburn November 19 Reggie Bush RB USC November 26 Adrian Peterson RB Oklahoma 2004 [ edit ] Week Player Position College September 12 Kyle Orton QB Purdue September 19 Sonny Cumbie QB Texas Tech September 26 Kyle Orton QB Purdue October 3 David Greene QB Georgia October 10 Adrian Peterson RB Oklahoma October 17 Jason Campbell QB Auburn October 24 Michael Hart RB Michigan October 31 Adrian Peterson RB Oklahoma November 6 Jason White QB Oklahoma November 13 Carnell Williams RB Auburn November 20 Adrian Peterson RB Oklahoma November 27 Matt Leinart QB USC References [ edit ] ^ "All News Features" . ^ AT&T acquires BellSouth for $ 67 billion ^ "Oregon's LaMichael James wins All-American player of
5520-840: The Week" . Scout.com . 2008-11-07. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16 . Retrieved 2008-11-11 . ^ "Harrell named AT&T Player of the Week" . espn.com . 2008-11-13. Archived from the original on 2006-10-26. ^ "Fans Nationwide Vote UCF's Kevin Smith The AT&;T All-America Player Of The Week" . UCF Athletics. 2007-11-15. Archived from the original on 2007-12-19 . Retrieved 2008-11-13 . External links [ edit ] AT&T ESPN All-America Player homepage 2006 press release for All-America Player of Year v t e College football awards Overall trophies Heisman Trophy ( winners ) (Most outstanding) Maxwell Award (Player of
5640-532: The Week, AT&T ESPN All-America Player of the Week, and Walter Camp Football Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week recognition. Less than a week after his performance in the Connecticut game, the New York Daily News wrote that Robinson had acquired " cult hero " status: "He has started only one game at quarterback for Michigan, but Denard Robinson is already a cult hero to
5760-537: The Week. CBS Sports ' Verne Lundquist joked: "He might become the first guy to win both the Davey O'Brien and the Doak Walker ." Robinson totaled 455 rushing yards and 885 yards of total offense in the first two games of the 2010 season, which led Division I FBS. Through the first two weeks of the season, Robinson had by himself outgained 87 of the 120 FBS teams in total offense. Playing against Indiana in
5880-609: The Wolverine faithful." In his second start at quarterback, Robinson led Michigan to a 28–24 win over Notre Dame against its traditional rival . He finished the game with 502 of Michigan's 532 yards of total offense (258 rushing yards and 244 passing yards), breaking the Michigan record he set in his first start. The record stood until Devin Gardner totaled 584 yards of total offense on October 19, 2013, against Indiana . In
6000-1633: The Year National Football Foundation Distinguished American Award National Football Foundation Gold Medal Winners Theodore Roosevelt Award Regional awards Champ Pickens Cup (1923–1926; Southern Conference champion) Conerly Trophy (Mississippi) Jon Cornish Trophy (top Canadian NCAA player) Dudley Award (Virginia) Norris Cup (North Carolina, school's best athlete) Porter Cup (South, school's best athlete) Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award (Texas-related offensive player) Kent Hull Trophy (Mississippi; offensive lineman) Nils V. "Swede" Nelson Award (New England sportsmanship) Awards organizations Maxwell Football Club National Football Foundation Touchdown Club of Columbus ( defunct ) Walter Camp Football Foundation Washington D.C. Touchdown Club Halls of fame College Football Hall of Fame Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AT%26T_ESPN_All-America_Player&oldid=1154700774 " Category : College football national player awards Hidden categories: All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from October 2010 Articles with hCards College football NAIA : NJCAA : College football ( French : football universitaire )
6120-653: The Year (Div. I FCS offensive player) STATS FCS Defensive Player of the Year (Div. I FCS defensive player) STATS FCS Freshman Player of the Year (Div. I FCS freshman) STATS FCS Coach of the Year (Div. I FCS coach) Other divisions/associations Harlon Hill Trophy (Div. II) Gagliardi Trophy (Div. III) Rawlings Award (NAIA) Hec Crighton Trophy (U Sports) Fred Mitchell Award (non-Div. I FBS placekicker) Defunct: Melberger Award (Div. III) Academic, inspirational, and versatility awards Academic All-America of
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#17327913991316240-497: The Year (Student-athlete) Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award William V. Campbell Trophy (Student-athlete) Wuerffel Trophy (Humanitarian-athlete) Senior CLASS Award (Div. I FBS student-athlete) Burlsworth Trophy (Walk-on) Rudy Award (inspirational/motivational) Service awards Amos Alonzo Stagg Award Walter Camp Alumni of the Year Walter Camp Man of
6360-535: The Year Award (1967) Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year (1976) Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (1986) George Munger Award (1989) Home Depot Coach of the Year (1994) AP Coach of the Year (1998) Defunct: Joseph V. Paterno Award (2010) Bobby Bowden Coach of the Year Award (2009) Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award (2006) Woody Hayes Trophy (1977) Assistant coaching awards Broyles Award (Assistant Coach of
6480-433: The Year Award (Best player of Polynesian descent) Deacon Jones Trophy (HBCU's most outstanding player) All-Americans College Football All-America Team ( unanimous selections ) Little All-America team Head coaching awards AFCA Coach of the Year Award (1935) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award (1957) Sporting News Coach of the Year (1963) Walter Camp Coach of
6600-760: The Year) AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year Conference awards ACC awards American awards Big 12 awards Big Ten awards ( MVP ) MAC awards Pac-12 awards SEC awards Defunct: Big East awards SWC awards Division I FCS awards Walter Payton Award (Div. I FCS offensive player) Buck Buchanan Award (Div. I FCS defensive player) Jerry Rice Award (Div. I FCS freshman) Eddie Robinson Award (Div. I FCS coach) Defunct: Mickey Charles Award (Div. I FCS student-athlete) STATS FCS Offensive Player of
6720-428: The ball only when being pursued. As a result of this, Harvard refused to attend the rules conference organized by Rutgers, Princeton and Columbia at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City on October 20, 1873, to agree on a set of rules and regulations that would allow them to play a form of football that was essentially Association football; and continued to play under its own code. While Harvard's voluntary absence from
6840-481: The ball was advanced by kicking or carrying it, and tackles of the ball carrier stopped play – actions of which have carried over to the modern version of football played today Harvard later challenged its closest rival, Yale, to which the Bulldogs accepted. The two teams agreed to play under a set of rules called the "Concessionary Rules", which involved Harvard conceding something to Yale's soccer and Yale conceding
6960-473: The bench seating). This allows them to seat more fans in a given amount of space than the typical professional stadium, which tends to have more features and comforts for fans. Only three stadiums owned by U.S. colleges or universities, L&N Stadium at the University of Louisville , Center Parc Stadium at Georgia State University , and FAU Stadium at Florida Atlantic University , consist entirely of chair back seating. College athletes, unlike players in
7080-474: The center. Later changes made it possible to snap the ball with the hands, either through the air or by a direct hand-to-hand pass. Rugby league followed Camp's example, and in 1906 introduced the play-the-ball rule, which greatly resembled Camp's early scrimmage and center-snap rules. In 1966, rugby league introduced a four-tackle rule (changed in 1972 to a six-tackle rule) based on Camp's early down-and-distance rules. Camp's new scrimmage rules revolutionized
7200-563: The city of New Haven , banned the play of all forms of football in 1860. American football historian Parke H. Davis described the period between 1869 and 1875 as the 'Pioneer Period'; the years 1876–93 he called the 'Period of the American Intercollegiate Football Association'; and the years 1894–1933 he dubbed the "Period of Rules Committees and Conferences". On November 6, 1869, Rutgers University faced Princeton University , then known as
7320-489: The college authorities agreed the Bloody Monday had to go. Harvard students responded by going into mourning for a mock figure called "Football Fightum", for whom they conducted funeral rites. The authorities held firm, and it was another dozen years before football was once again played at Harvard. Dartmouth played its own version called " Old division football ", the rules of which were first published in 1871, though
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#17327913991317440-710: The conference in rushing. In his second start at quarterback against Notre Dame , he set the Michigan single-game record with 502 yards of total offense. He was awarded the 2010 Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten Conference and was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team All-American . He also set the Big Ten single-game record for rushing yards by
7560-417: The end of the 2011 season, Robinson had eight of the top 10 single-game total offense totals in Michigan history, including 948 yards in two games against Notre Dame. His total offense output in 2010 (4,272 yards) and 2011 (3,348 yards) rank as the top two single-season totals in Michigan history. As a senior in 2012, he extended his record with a third game with both 200 yards rushing and 200 yards passing. As
7680-715: The event at the 2010 Big Ten Indoor Championships in late February 2010, failing to qualify for the finals by four-thousandths of a second. LaPlante recalled becoming panic-stricken during a practice race when Robinson was "running so fast he was having trouble holding the turn." Concerned about an injury to the football team's quarterback, LaPlante yelled out, "Denard! Please, don't do that again! I'll be fired in 2 seconds!" LaPlante recalled Robinson's reaction: "He had that great big smile on his face." During spring practice in April 2010, Robinson impressed coaches and observers, leading to speculation that Robinson would overtake Forcier as
7800-421: The fifth game of the season, Robinson totaled 494 yards of total offense, the second-highest single-game total in Michigan history. He completed 10 of 16 passes for 277 yards and three touchdowns, and he gained 217 rushing yards on 19 carries for an average of 11.4 yards per carry. On Michigan's second play from scrimmage, Robinson ran 72 yards for a touchdown. On the second play of the second half, Robinson threw
7920-649: The first game in Virginia. On April 9, 1880, at Stoll Field , Transylvania University (then called Kentucky University) beat Centre College by the score of 13 + 3 ⁄ 4 –0 in what is often considered the first recorded game played in the South . The first game of "scientific football" in the South was the first instance of the Victory Bell rivalry between North Carolina and Duke (then known as Trinity College) held on Thanksgiving Day , 1888, at
8040-610: The first half, Robinson had an 87-yard touchdown run that at the time (surpassed on September 19, 2015, by C. J. Prosise ) ranked as the longest run from scrimmage in Notre Dame Stadium 's 80-year history, but remains as the longest run by a visitor in Notre Dame Stadium. He also scored the winning touchdown with 27 seconds remaining on a two-yard run, capping a 12-play, 72-yard drive. Robinson broke Mike Kafka 's Big Ten Conference record for rushing yards by
8160-509: The first half, he rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries for an average of 8.7 yards per carry. He finished the game with 383 yards of total offense, including 186 passing yards (19 of 22 passing) and 197 rushing yards on 29 carries (6.9 yards per carry). Robinson's rushing yardage against UConn was the most ever by a Michigan quarterback. He also broke Michigan's single-game record for total offense with 383 yards. For his efforts Robinson earned Big Ten Conference Offensive Player of
8280-456: The first half. Robinson came out of the game at the end of the third quarter after reporting concussion-like symptoms, including dizziness and headaches. Michigan went on to win the game 67–65. Robinson and substitute Tate Forcier combined to break Michigan's all-time, single-game record with 419 passing yards, surpassing the prior record of 396 yards by Tom Brady and Drew Henson against Michigan State in 1999. The following week, Robinson,
8400-404: The first meeting he attended in 1878: a reduction from fifteen players to eleven. The motion was rejected at that time but passed in 1880. The effect was to open up the game and emphasize speed over strength. Camp's most famous change, the establishment of the line of scrimmage and the snap from center to quarterback , was also passed in 1880. Originally, the snap was executed with the foot of
8520-404: The first time. The Yale team was coached and captained by David Schley Schaff, who had learned to play football while attending Rugby School . Schaff himself was injured and unable to play the game, but Yale won the game 3–0 nonetheless. Later in 1872, Stevens Tech became the fifth school to field a team. Stevens lost to Columbia, but beat both New York University and City College of New York during
8640-454: The following year. By 1873, the college students playing football had made significant efforts to standardize their fledgling game. Teams had been scaled down from 25 players to 20. The only way to score was still to bat or kick the ball through the opposing team's goal, and the game was played in two 45-minute halves on fields 140 yards long and 70 yards wide. On October 20, 1873, representatives from Yale, Columbia, Princeton, and Rutgers met at
8760-404: The football field." Michigan track coach Fred LaPlante said Robinson had one of the 10 fastest 100-meter high-school times in the United States in 2009 and described Robinson the sprinter as "one of the four or five best guys in the Big Ten." LaPlante emphasized Robinson's "quickness" One thing in football that you don't see in track is quickness. He's incredibly quick and his lateral movement
8880-431: The game dates to at least the 1830s. All of these games, and others, shared certain commonalities. They remained largely "mob" style games, with huge numbers of players attempting to advance the ball into a goal area, often by any means necessary. Rules were simple, and violence and injury were common. The violence of these mob-style games led to widespread protests and a decision to abandon them. Yale , under pressure from
9000-504: The game with his shoes untied, thus earning the nickname "Shoelace" as a child. Those who saw him play at Westside Park in Deerfield Beach recall Kids would go for his shoes on tackles, and he'd come up to the huddle in just socks. His coach couldn't stand it at first and neither could his parents. They'd tie wristbands around his shoes. When that didn't work, they tried athletic tape. They even rolled his socks over his shoes. He
9120-404: The game, though not always as intended. Princeton, in particular, used scrimmage play to slow the game, making incremental progress towards the end zone during each down . Rather than increase scoring, which had been Camp's original intent, the rule was exploited to maintain control of the ball for the entire game, resulting in slow, unexciting contests. At the 1882 rules meeting, Camp proposed that
9240-630: The great ones, he plays with a swagger like, "You can't stop me." Gregg Doyel , national columnist for CBSSports.com , proclaimed Robinson the front-runner for the Heisman Trophy : "Denard Robinson has earned the right to pole position in the Heisman race. It's not close. And if he stays healthy, I fully expect him to walk across a stage in New York City in December and take that trophy home." For his performance against Notre Dame, Robinson
9360-636: The highest levels of play, are members of the NCAA . In Canada, collegiate football competition is governed by U Sports for universities. The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (for colleges) governs soccer and other sports but not gridiron football. Other countries, such as Mexico , Japan and South Korea , also host college football leagues with modest levels of support. Unlike most other major sports in North America , no official minor league farm organizations exist for American football or Canadian football . Therefore, college football
9480-476: The interest of honing his game and improving Michigan's chances." Even on the morning of Michigan's season opener, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that "the mystery surrounding who would be the Wolverines' No. 1 quarterback was a major story line, with coach Rich Rodriguez keeping his decision secret until the very last minute." Robinson did start Michigan's season opener against Connecticut . In
9600-399: The junior-varsity team as a ninth grader. Robinson became the starting quarterback for the Deerfield Beach varsity team as a sophomore and filled that position for three years from 2006 to 2008. Deerfield Beach head coach Art Taylor recalled, "As soon as he stepped on that field his sophomore year playing varsity, we knew we had something special." In a 2007 state semifinal game played at
9720-472: The last two decades of the 19th century. Several major rivalries date from this time period. November 1890 was an active time in the sport. In Baldwin City, Kansas , on November 22, 1890, college football was first played in the state of Kansas . Baker beat Kansas 22–9. On the 27th, Vanderbilt played Nashville (Peabody) at Athletic Park and won 40–0. It was the first time organized football played in
9840-517: The loss, Robinson's offensive output rebounded against the Nittany Lions. He rushed for 191 yards on 27 carries (an average of 7.1 yards per carry) and passed for another 190 yards, including a 60-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Koger. With 191 rushing yards against Penn State, Robinson's season rushing total reached 1,287 yards, breaking Antwaan Randle El 's Big Ten record of 1,270 rushing yards by
9960-498: The meeting made it hard for them to schedule games against other American universities, it agreed to a challenge to play the rugby team of McGill University , from Montreal , in a two-game series. It was agreed that two games would be played on Harvard's Jarvis baseball field in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 14 and 15, 1874: one to be played under Harvard rules, another under the stricter rugby regulations of McGill. Jarvis Field
10080-415: The meeting. The rules that they agreed upon were essentially those of rugby union at the time with the exception that points be awarded for scoring a try , not just the conversion afterwards ( extra point ). Incidentally, rugby was to make a similar change to its scoring system 10 years later. Walter Camp is widely considered to be the most important figure in the development of American football. As
10200-452: The mid-19th century. By the 1840s, students at Rugby School were playing a game in which players were able to pick up the ball and run with it, a sport later known as rugby football . The game was taken to Canada by British soldiers stationed there and was soon being played at Canadian colleges. The first documented gridiron football game was played at University College , a college of the University of Toronto , on November 9, 1861. One of
10320-730: The nearest college to play football. It took place at Hamilton Park in New Haven and was the first game in New England. The game was essentially soccer with 20-man sides, played on a field 400 by 250 feet. Yale wins 3–0, Tommy Sherman scoring the first goal and Lew Irwin the other two. After the first game against Harvard, Tufts took its squad to Bates College in Lewiston, Maine for the first football game played in Maine . This occurred on November 6, 1875. Penn 's Athletic Association
10440-620: The next year. He was torn between an admiration for Harvard's style of play and the misery of the Yale defeat, and became determined to avenge Yale's defeat. Spectators from Princeton also carried the game back home, where it quickly became the most popular version of football. On November 23, 1876, representatives from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia met at the Massasoit House hotel in Springfield, Massachusetts to standardize
10560-513: The original on 2009-11-28. ^ "Texas Tech: Harrell Named AT&T All-America Player of the Week" . NCAA . 2008-09-04 . Retrieved 2008-09-05 . ^ "East Carolina: Pinkney Named AT&T All-America Player of the Week" . WITN . 2008-09-11 . Retrieved 2008-09-14 . ^ "Lee Named ESPN All-America Player of the Week" . LSUsports.net. 2008-09-26 . Retrieved 2008-09-27 . ^ Rapoport (2008-10-03). "John Parker Wilson named AT&T player of
10680-419: The participants in the game involving University of Toronto students was William Mulock , later chancellor of the school. A football club was formed at the university soon afterward, although its rules of play then are unclear. In 1864, at Trinity College , also a college of the University of Toronto, F. Barlow Cumberland and Frederick A. Bethune devised rules based on rugby football. Modern Canadian football
10800-410: The practice After 25 years coaching, if the kid can throw it 90 yards in the air and is accurate and the kid can run as fast as he does ... as long as he feels comfortable, not lacing his shoes, fine with me. The kid's been doing it all his life, why mess with it? At the college level, his coaches at the University of Michigan also accepted Robinson's practice. After learning that Robinson could run
10920-563: The regular season. Vince Young accomplished this feat once in the regular season and once in the Rose Bowl. After the Indiana game, Dari Nowkhah wrote in ESPN's "Heisman Watch" column that Robinson was "running away with the Heisman Trophy" and compared him to 1988 Heisman Trophy winner Barry Sanders We haven't seen this type of college football playmaker since ... Barry Sanders? I'm not saying Robinson reminds me of Sanders. (How could
11040-1024: The revenue generated from the promotion. The award was previously known as the Cingular All-America Player before AT&T acquired Cingular. All-America Player of the Year winners [ edit ] Season Player Position Team 2004 Cedric Benson RB Texas 2005 Vince Young QB Texas 2006 Brady Quinn QB Notre Dame 2007 Michael Crabtree WR Texas Tech 2008 Graham Harrell QB Texas Tech 2009 Colt McCoy QB Texas 2010 LaMichael James RB Oregon 2011 Robert Griffin III QB Baylor 2012 Jadeveon Clowney DE South Carolina 2013 A. J. McCarron QB Alabama All-America Player of
11160-403: The right, broke a tackle at the 40-yard line, then cut left and ran 43 yards for a touchdown. Two weeks later against Eastern Michigan , he ran quarterback draw plays for touchdowns of 13 and 36 yards, though he also threw two interceptions . In Michigan's October 10 game against Iowa , Robinson replaced Forcier in the fourth quarter with the team trailing 30–21. He led the team on
11280-489: The rules of their various public schools. The game was played at a Rutgers Field in New Brunswick, New Jersey . Two teams of 25 players attempted to score by kicking the ball into the opposing team's goal. Throwing or carrying the ball was not allowed, but there was plenty of physical contact between players. The first team to reach six goals was declared the winner. Rutgers won by a score of six to four. A rematch
11400-625: The rules were changed to allow tackling below the waist, and in 1889, the officials were given whistles and stopwatches. After leaving Yale in 1882, Camp was employed by the New Haven Clock Company until his death in 1925. Though no longer a player, he remained a fixture at annual rules meetings for most of his life, and he personally selected an annual All-American team every year from 1889 through 1924. The Walter Camp Football Foundation continues to select All-American teams in his honor. College football expanded greatly during
11520-572: The rules were formulated before the game. Denard Robinson Denard Xavier Robinson (born September 22, 1990) is an American former professional football player and a former staff member for the Jacksonville Jaguars , Jacksonville University and the University of Michigan . He played four seasons as a running back in the National Football League (NFL), and was a college football All-American for
11640-591: The score of this contest. Washington and Lee also claims a 4 to 2 win over VMI in 1873. On October 18, 1888, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons defeated the North Carolina Tar Heels 6 to 4 in the first intercollegiate game in the state of North Carolina . On December 14, 1889, Wofford defeated Furman 5 to 1 in the first intercollegiate game in the state of South Carolina . The game featured no uniforms, no positions, and
11760-431: The scoring rules, finally arriving at four points for a touchdown, two points for kicks after touchdowns , two points for safeties, and five for field goals . Camp's innovations in the area of point scoring influenced rugby union's move to point scoring in 1890. In 1887, game time was set at two-halves of 45 minutes each. Also in 1887, two paid officials—a referee and an umpire —were mandated for each game. A year later,
11880-485: The season came on November 14 as a running back against Wisconsin . During the 2009 season, Robinson completed 14-of-31 passes for 188 yards and two passing touchdowns. He also ran for 351 yards and five touchdowns in 69 attempts. Robinson also competed for the Michigan men's track and field team during his freshman year. In January 2010, Robinson told a reporter, "When I was getting recruited I always wanted to run track and play football. It helped me move faster on
12000-427: The sheer number of fans following major colleges provides a financial equalizer for the game, with Division I programs – the highest level – playing in huge stadiums, six of which have seating capacity exceeding 100,000 people. In many cases, college stadiums employ bench-style seating, as opposed to individual seats with backs and arm rests (although many stadiums do have a small number of chair back seats in addition to
12120-526: The starting quarterback. The competition continued through late August and early September 2010. In early September 2010, Angelique Chengelis profiled Robinson in The Detroit News : "The prevailing belief is that Robinson has worked hard enough and improved enough to earn the job. He took significant steps in spring practice, and from all accounts, he showed his teammates an incredible devotion to offseason conditioning and film viewing, all in
12240-487: The state of Tennessee . The 29th also saw the first instance of the Army–Navy Game . Navy won 24–0. Rutgers was first to extend the reach of the game. An intercollegiate game was first played in the state of New York when Rutgers played Columbia on November 2, 1872. It was also the first scoreless tie in the history of the fledgling sport. Yale football starts the same year and has its first match against Columbia,
12360-466: The two schools organized a game for October 23, 1869, but it was rained out. Students of the University of Virginia were playing pickup games of the kicking-style of football as early as 1870, and some accounts even claim it organized a game against Washington and Lee College in 1871; but no record has been found of the score of this contest. Due to scantiness of records of the prior matches some will claim Virginia v. Pantops Academy November 13, 1887, as
12480-503: The varsity football team at Deerfield Beach High School in Deerfield Beach, Florida . The team's defensive coordinator at the time was former Buffalo Bills defensive back Manny Martin , who was also Robinson's algebra teacher. Martin later recalled that he had an experienced defensive backfield, but Robinson "was always in my ear: 'I can do it.'" Robinson did not win a spot on the varsity team and instead played quarterback for
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12720-569: The week" . al.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008 . Retrieved 2008-10-04 . ^ "Harrell named AT&T Player of the Week" . Sooners Illustrated. 2008-10-09 . Retrieved 2008-10-10 . ^ Halliburton, Suzanne (2008-10-12). "Shipley named national player of week" . Archived from the original on 15 October 2008 . Retrieved 2008-10-19 . ^ Williams, Don; Walker, Jeff (2008-10-31). "Red Raiders Football Notebook 10-31-2008" . Retrieved 2008-10-31 . ^ "Harrell named AT&T Player of
12840-449: The year honor" . ^ "ESPN.com - College Football Index" . www.espnallamerica.com . Archived from the original on 26 October 2006 . Retrieved 15 January 2022 . ^ "Potts wins AT&T All-America Player of the Week - KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock" . Archived from the original on 2012-03-04 . Retrieved 2010-10-15 . ^ Hoover, John (2009-09-24). "OU's Landry Jones voted national player of
12960-1436: The year) Walter Camp Award (Player of the year) Defunct: Archie Griffin Award (Most valuable) Chic Harley Award (Best player) Overall media awards AP Player of the Year (1998) Sporting News Player of the Year (1942) Defunct: UPI Player of the Year Positional awards Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Defensive player) Chuck Bednarik Award (Defensive player) Lott Trophy (Defensive player) Outland Trophy (Interior lineman) Manning Award (Quarterback) Davey O'Brien Award (Quarterback) Doak Walker Award (Running back) Fred Biletnikoff Award (Receiver) John Mackey Award (Tight end) Joe Moore Award (Offensive line) Rimington Trophy (Center) Ted Hendricks Award (Defensive end) Butkus Award (Linebacker) Jim Thorpe Award (Defensive back) Lou Groza Award (Placekicker) Ray Guy Award (Punter) Patrick Mannelly Award (Long snapper) Jet Award (Return specialist) Peter Mortell (Holder) Other national player awards Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (Senior quarterback) Paul Hornung Award (Most versatile) Lombardi Award (Best performance) Jacobs Blocking Trophy (Best blocker) Polynesian Football Player of
13080-453: The young 2010 season" and drew attention to his "absurd rushing totals." Columnist Mitch Albom wrote: "Denard Robinson redefined the term 'offensive weapon' on Saturday against Notre Dame." ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit noted the "confident aura" around Robinson The body language he exudes is, "I'm a winner." He's small in stature, but his heart you can almost see it pounding through his jersey. And then he has, like all
13200-419: Was a marvel, and he wasn't even finished with the sixth grade. Robinson continued to play football without tying his shoelaces and became known as "Shoelace." One reporter who visited his family to watch a Michigan game noted, "To everyone in Deerfield Beach – everyone but his mother, that is – there is no Denard, just Shoelace." Robinson's high school coach, Art Taylor, explained his rationale for accepting
13320-473: Was also the first time one team scored over 100 points and the opposing team was shut out. The next week, Princeton outscored Lafayette 140 to 0. The first intercollegiate game in the state of Vermont happened on November 6, 1886, between Dartmouth and Vermont at Burlington, Vermont . Dartmouth won 91 to 0. Penn State played its first season in 1887, but had no head coach for their first five years, from 1887 to 1891. The teams played its home games on
13440-512: Was at the time a patch of land at the northern point of the Harvard campus, bordered by Everett and Jarvis Streets to the north and south, and Oxford Street and Massachusetts Avenue to the east and west. Harvard beat McGill in the "Boston Game" on the Thursday and held McGill to a 0–0 tie on the Friday. The Harvard students took to the rugby rules and adopted them as their own, The games featured
13560-538: Was felt they would dominate the Association. Penn State won the championship with a 4–1–0 record. Bucknell's record was 3–1–1 (losing to Franklin & Marshall and tying Dickinson). The Association was dissolved prior to the 1892 season. The first nighttime football game was played in Mansfield, Pennsylvania on September 28, 1892, between Mansfield State Normal and Wyoming Seminary and ended at halftime in
13680-562: Was looking to pick "a twenty" to play a game of football against Columbia. This "twenty" never played Columbia, but did play twice against Princeton. Princeton won both games 6 to 0. The first of these happened on November 11, 1876, in Philadelphia and was the first intercollegiate game in the state of Pennsylvania . Brown entered the intercollegiate game in 1878. The first game where one team scored over 100 points happened on October 25, 1884, when Yale routed Dartmouth 113–0. It
13800-410: Was named the starting quarterback, but Robinson saw significant playing time as a true freshman , appearing in all 12 games. On September 5, 2009, in Michigan's season opener against Western Michigan , Robinson scored a touchdown on his first collegiate snap , which was fumbled. As the ESPN television broadcast focused on his untied shoelaces, Robinson took the snap in the shotgun formation , ran to
13920-542: Was played at Princeton a week later under Princeton's own set of rules (one notable difference was the awarding of a "free kick" to any player that caught the ball on the fly, which was a feature adopted from The Football Association's rules; the fair catch kick rule has survived through to modern American game). Princeton won that game by a score of 8 – 0. Columbia joined the series in 1870 and by 1872 several schools were fielding intercollegiate teams, including Yale and Stevens Institute of Technology . Columbia University
14040-868: Was selected for the second consecutive week as the Walter Camp Football Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week, the AT&;T ESPN All-America Player of the Week, the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week, and the CBSSports.com Player of the Day. He is the first player to earn the Walter Camp honor two weeks in a row, and the fourth to do so twice in a season. He was also named the Capital One Cup Impact Performance of
14160-549: Was the 1881 Michigan team , which played at Harvard, Yale and Princeton. The nation's first college football league, the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives (also known as the Western Conference), a precursor to the Big Ten Conference , was founded in 1895. Led by coach Fielding H. Yost , Michigan became the first "western" national power. From 1901 to 1905, Michigan had
14280-656: Was the first game west of the Mississippi River . November 30, 1905, saw Chicago defeat Michigan 2 to 0. Dubbed "The First Greatest Game of the Century", it broke Michigan's 56-game unbeaten streak and marked the end of the "Point-a-Minute" years. Organized collegiate football was first played in the state of Virginia and the south on November 2, 1873, in Lexington between Washington and Lee and VMI . Washington and Lee won 4–2. Some industrious students of
14400-488: Was the third school to field a team. The Lions traveled from New York City to New Brunswick on November 12, 1870, and were defeated by Rutgers 6 to 3. The game suffered from disorganization and the players kicked and battled each other as much as the ball. Later in 1870, Princeton and Rutgers played again with Princeton defeating Rutgers 6–0. This game's violence caused such an outcry that no games at all were played in 1871. Football came back in 1872, when Columbia played Yale for
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