February 08, 2026
The first U.S. college football game was played in 1869. Neither team wore uniforms, but Rutgers players fashioned turbans out of scarlet scarves to distinguish themselves from the Princeton team.
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The Canadian Football League: 10 Claims to Fame
The Canadian Football League (CFL) did not officially come into being until 1958, but Canadian teams have battled annually for the Grey Cup, which became the championship trophy of Canadian professional football, for more than a century—sometimes in snow, famously in fog, and always in a festive
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