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NOV 6, 1869 FIRST GAME OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL
In 1869 the first American football game were played between Rudgers and Princeton -
OCT 19, 1873 THE FIRST RULE CHANGED OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL
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OCT 18, 1880 THE FATHER OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL, WALTER CAMP
Walter Camp secured several rule changes like reducing the amount of players from 15 to 11 on each team. -
APRIL 2, 1881 THE BLOCK GAME
A group of Princeton players realized that they could just snap the ball and drag out the game by holding onto the ball without gaining any ground for entire halves. -
OCT 21, 1882 CHANGING FROM THE BLOCK GAME
a rule change was necessary to prevent this certain BLOCK GAME. In 1882 a rule was proposed that each team had 3 downs to advance the ball 5 yards. -
DEC 28, 1905 NEAR END OF THE GAME
Despite all rule changes, the game remained as a very violent game and Theodore Roosevelt almost has to stop the game. -
APRIL 21 1920 PROFESSIONAL ERA
the forst paid player to play in a game were in 1882, but in 1920 the National football leage (NFL), a group of professional teams was established as the American Professional Football Association, aimed to solved those problems. -
APRIL 21, 1958 INCREASING `POPULARITY.
Football got more and more known throughtout the comunity. -
APRIL 21, 1965 THE RIVALRY
AFL (American Football League) and NFL (National Football League) fought against each other to become the Number 1 league in America. -
APRIL 22, 1990 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
College Football remained a high status throughtout years