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First Intercollegiate rowing event
Harvard vs. Yale. First ever Intercollegiate sporting event. Harvard won. The race was a promotion for a summer resort paid for by railroad companies. -
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College Union Regatta formed
First ever collegiate sporting conference formed. Rowing conference with four teams: Harvard, Yale, Brown, and Dartmouth. They competed against each other in rowing competitions. -
First Intercollegiate Baseball Game
Amherst vs. Williams. Amherst won 73-32, used "Boston baseball" rules. 13 men on the field, no foul balls, one out per inning, no gloves were used. -
First Intercollegiate Football Game
First Intercollegiate Football Game. Rutgers vs. Princeton. More of a soccer type game. Players kicked the ball but were allowed to pick the ball up and run with it. Rutgers won, 6-4. -
Rowing Association of America Formed
Colleges competing in rowing. 16 Northeastern schools in the Association. One of the first collegiate sports leagues. -
First Intercollegiate Rugby game
Held in Cambridge, Massachusetts between Harvard and McGill University of Montreal, Canada. This shows American colleges adopting European sports. A coach for the McGill rugby team was James Naismith who later went on to create the game of basketball. -
First Track and Field Association
The first track and field organization. This formed the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletics of America which organized college athletics. -
First Baseball Association
In an effort to draw a line between college and professional baseball, the northeastern clubs formed an association. This Association folded in 1887 due to a lack in organization. Baseball was the most widely played sport before football got its start. -
Birth of American Football
Walter Camp of Yale, created his own set of rules for American football. The rule changes included the line of scrimmage, 11 players on the field, and set up a regulation size field to play on. After these changes, American Football was born. -
First Women's Collegiate Game
The first women's intercollegiate basketball championship is played between Stanford and the University of California at Berkely. Stanford wins 2-1 on April 4 before a crowd of 700 women. -
First College Basketball Game
Yale vs. Wesleyan College in New Havan, Conn. Weslyan defeated Yale 4-3. Thereafter, college basketball leagues were formed all over the country. -
Football gaining momentum
A study showed that 432 off 555 American cities hosted one or more football teams. Football continued to increase in popularity throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Football also helped colleges recruit students and give the students a sense of pride in their school.
