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Rutgers Invented Basically Nothing About College Football

This week, we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first college football game, which really wasn't a college football game at all. It was definitely a game involving colleges and using your feet, but it was nothing like the "football" we play today or even the football that was played across America 10-20 years later. That sport was actually invented at Harvard and McGill University in Montreal. Enjoy this interesting article all about it.