2015 Event The Brain Kids, a team of robots from Japan's Chiba Institute of Technology, wins this year's RoboCup, a robotic football (soccer) tournament started 18 years ago to encourage new developments in the robotics field 2015 Event Seth Blatter, president of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), resigns five days after his re-election to a fifth term; several FIFA officials were recently arrested in a corruption scandal, but Blatter has not been charged 2015 Event The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has banned 11 people after an ethics investigation; the banned officials have recently or previously been indicted for corruption by the U.S. Justice Department 2014 Event Football players at Northwestern University cast votes on whether to form a union; the players were ruled last month to be university employees by the National Labor Relations Board, giving the students the right to organize 2013 Event Plans for Euro 2020 are announced by the UEFA; the football championship is to be held in 13 cities in 13 different European countries 2013 Event Ray Lewis, U.S. football linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League, announces plans for retirement at the end of the season 2012 Event Barcelona's association football manager Josep Guardiola announces his resignation 2011 Event Drew Brees, quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, sets a new National Football League record for yards passing in a season 2011 Event The U.S. National Football League ratifies a new collective bargaining agreement which includes provisions for human growth hormone tests 2011 Event The international association football tournament, the AFC Asian Cup, officially opens in Qatar 2011 Event Jordan's Ali bin Al Hussein is elected as Vice President of FIFA, the International Federation of Association Football 2004 Death Reggie White, football player, dies at 43 2004 Death Pat Tillman, soldier/pro football player, dies at 27 2002 Death Roone Arledge, TV innovator, crated NFL Monday Night Football, dies at 71 2000 Death Chris Rebello, high school football coach/child actor, Jaws, dies at 37 1999 Death Walter Payton, football great, dies at 45 1998 Event World League of American Football becomes NFL East 1996 Death Matthew Harding, businessman/football supporter, dies at 42 1996 Event Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama) 1996 Death Jock Wallace, football player/manager, dies at 60 1996 Death Peter John Swales, football club chairman, dies at 63 1996 Death Bob Paisley, football manager, dies at 77 1995 Death Dave Bowen, born in Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales, Welsh football player, manager, captain, led country to win 1958 World Cup finals, dies at 67 1995 Death Howard Cosell, sportscaster (Monday Night Football), dies at 77 1995 Death Stafford Heginbotham, toymaker/Football Club Chairman, dies at 61 1995 Event Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football 1994 Event David Platt appointed captain of English football team 1993 Death Roy Riegels, University of California football player who ran wrong way, dies at 84 1992 Event NFL decides to suspend World League Football 1992 Event Professional Spring Football League begins 1991 Event Marty Glickman broadcasts his 1,000th football game 1991 Event Nevada makes biggest comeback in NCAA football history, overcoming a 35-pt deficit in the 3rd quarter and rallying to beat Weber State 55-49 1991 Event Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as RI beats Maine 52-30 (6 OTs) 1991 Event NCAA places Tenn on 2 years probation for football recruting violations 1991 Event NCAA bans University of Minnesota football team from postseason play in 1992 1991 Event 1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 and Mont beats Birmingham 20-5 1991 Event End of World League of American Football's (WLAF) 1st draft 1991 Event Big East Football conference forms 1991 Death Howard "Red" Grange, football's galloping ghost, dies at 87 1990 Death George Allen, U.S. football coach of the Los Angeles Rams and the Washington Redskins, dies 1990 Event NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players 1990 Death Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski, football hall of famer, dies at 81 1989 Event 1st NFL game coached by a black man (Art Shell), his Los Angeles Raiders beat New York Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football 1989 Event Barry Switzer resigns as head coach of Oklahoma's football 1989 Event Members of 1949 Oklahoma football team cancelled an April reunion because of deplorable conduct of Oklahoma players 1989 Event Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison 1989 Event Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St. Louis 1989 Event Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship 1988 Event Oklahoma's College football team gets 3 year probation 1988 Event Gastineau sacks Jets, retires from football "for personal reasons" 1988 Death Robert Lee "Bobby" Dodd, U.S. football coach 1988 Event New York Knights 1st arena football game beats Cobras 60-52 (10,157 in Los Angeles) 1988 Event Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship 1987 Event 1st "Scrub Sunday" of NFL football with replacement players 1987 Event 2nd regular-season National Football League player strike begins 1987 Death [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at 74 1987 Event NCAA cancels SMU's entire 1987 football schedule for gross violations of NCAA rules regarding athletic corruption 1987 Event Penn State upsets Miami in Fiesta Bowl for college football champ 1986 Death Robert L "Bobby" Layne, football player (Detroit Lions), dies at 59 1986 Event NBC's Ahmad Rashad marriage proposal is accepted by Phylicia Ayers-Allen during halftime of Det Lions-New York Jets football game 1986 Death James H "Jim" Crowley, U.S. football player (Notre Dame), dies at 83 1986 Event Oklahoma wins Orange Bowl for college football championship 1985 Event On Mon Night football, Jets retire Joe Namath's #12, beat Miami 23-7 1985 Event Grambling's Eddie Robinson wins record 324th football game 1985 Event Paul Hornung awarded $1,160,000 by a Louisville court against NCAA who barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games 1985 Event 40 die and 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground 1985 Event Jim Kelly (Houston USFL) passes for pro football record 574 yards 1985 Event Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions 1984 Event Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football 1984 Event Washington State's Rueben Mayes sets col football rec of 357 yards rushing 1984 Event Longest pro football game, Los Angeles Express beats Michigan Panthers 27-21 in USFL playoffs, games lasts 93 minutes 33 seconds 1984 Event Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts 1984 Event Miami beats Nebraska in Orange Bowl for college football championship 1983 Event Columbia beats Yale 21-18 in football, will lose next 44 games 1983 Event U.S. Football League begins its 1st season 1983 Death Paul "Bear" Bryant, U.S. football coach (Alabama), dies at 69 1983 Death Paul "Bear" Bryant, college football coach (Alabama), dies at 69 1983 Event NCAA creates football Kickoff Classic to begin in August 1983 Event U.S. Football League holds its 1st player draft 1983 Event Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title 1982 Event Aggrement reached ending 57 day football strike 1982 Event Northwestern ends 34 football game losing streak, beats No Illinois 31-6 1982 Event Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria and France form American European Football Federation (AEFF) 1982 Event U.S. Football League forms 1982 Event Clemson wins the Orange Bowl for college football championship 1981 Event Bear Bryant wins his 315th game to out distance Alonzo Stagg and become college football's winningest coach 1981 Event Paul 'Bear' Bryant ties Amos Alonzo Stagg with 314 football wins 1981 Event Football running back, Herschel Walker, of University of Georgia, takes out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy for $1 million 1981 Event Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title 1980 Event College football longest losing streak of 50 games ends for 1980 Event Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship 1979 Birthday James Allen, born in Portland, Oregon, James Deshaune Allen, football player, linebacker, played for National Football League, attended Oregon State University, chosen 82nd overall in 2002 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints, now a free agent 1979 Event Pro Football Researchers Association forms, Canton, Ohio 1978 Event Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach 1977 Birthday Shaun Alexander, born in Florence, Kentucky, football, running back, played college football at University of Alabama, drafted by Seattle Seahawks, placed 19th overall in 2000 National Football League Draft 1977 Birthday Tom Brady, born in San Mateo, California, professional football player, quarterback, played for New England Patriots, won two Super Bowl MVP awards 1977 Event English football international Bobby Moore retires 1976 Event 1st U.S. football club in Austria forms (FAAFC-1st Austrian American) 1975 Event World Football League disbands 1975 Event World Football League folds 1974 Event 1st World Football League Bowl, Birmingham Americans beat Florida 1974 Birthday Kerwin Waldroup, born in Country Club Hills, Illinois, professional football player, defensive end for the Detroit Lions 1974 Event World Football League plays 1st games 1974 Event World Football League founded 1974 Birthday Juan Roque, born in San Diego, California, professional football player, offensive tackle, played for the National Football League's Detroit Lions 1973 Event World Football League grants 1st franchise (Detroit) 1973 Event President Nixon signed into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout 1973 Event Congress passes and sends a bill to Nixon to lift football's blackout 1973 Death Frank Leahy, football coach (Notre Dame), dies at 64 1971 Birthday Ernest Faber, born in Geldrop, Netherlands, professional soccer player, played for the Netherlands national football team, PSV Eindhoven, FC Groningen and Sparta Rotterdam 1971 Event New York Giant football team announces they're leaving Bronx for New Jersey in 1975 1971 Birthday Kenny Cunningham, born in Dublin, Ireland, professional soccer player, defender, won 70 caps for the Republic of Ireland national football team 1971 Birthday Finidi George, born in Part Harcourt, Nigeria, soccer player, played as a midfielder for Ajax, played Football World Cups in 1994 and 1998, played in England and Spain 1971 Event A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66 1970 Event Plane carrying Wichita State University football team crashes killing 30 1970 Event "Monday Night Football" premieres on ABC - Browns 31, Jets 21 1970 Death Vince Lombardi, football coach (Packers), dies in Washington D.C. at 57 1970 Event Patricia Palinkas becomes 1st woman pro football player (Orlando) 1970 Event NFL selects Wilson as official football and scoreboard as official time 1969 Event Vince Lombardi (Redskins) coaches his last football game, losing 1969 Event Joe Namath resigns from NFL after Pete Rozelle, football commissioner, said he must sell his stake in a bar 1969 Birthday Todd Lyght, U.S. football quarterback for the St. Louis Rams 1969 Birthday Bucky Richardson, U.S. football quarterback for the Houston Oilers 1968 Event U.S. Soccer Football Assoc refuses to let NASL disband 1965 Event Continental Football League plays 1st games 1965 Event Canadian Football Players Association organizes 1965 Death Almos Alonzo Stagg, football coach (University of Chicago), dies in California at 102 1965 Event Frank Gifford announces his retirement from football for broadcasting 1964 Event 1st football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6 1963 Birthday John Barnes, born in Kingston, Jamaica, British professional soccer player, manager for Tranmere Rovers Football Club 1963 Event Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated in Canton, Ohio 1963 Event Charter members of Canadian Football Hall of Fame chosen 1963 Event Jim Thorpe, Red Grange and George Halas elected to football hall of fame 1962 Birthday Bo Jackson, baseball/football player, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Raiders 1961 Birthday Ian Rush, born in St. Asaph, Wales, soccer player, footballer, striker, played with Liverpool FC, Welsh national football team 1960 Event Chartered C46 carrying California State's football team crashes, kills 16 1960 Event 16 California Poly football team members die in plane crash in Toledo 1960 Event Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at 98 1960 Event 4th American Football League plays 1st game (Denver 13, Boston 10) 1959 Birthday Tony Eason, football quarterback for the New England Patriots 1959 Birthday Daniel Ray "Danny" Ainge, basketball and football star 1958 Birthday Carlos Carson, born in Lake Worth, Florida, football player, wide receiver, played in ten National Football League seasons, from 1980 to 1989, all time Pro Bowl NFL player 1958 Event Canadian Football League plays 1st game (Winnipeg 29, Edmonton 21) 1958 Birthday Bernadette Robi, model/ex-wife of football player Lynn Swann 1958 Event 7 members on Manchester United football team die in an air crash 1958 Event Canadian Football Council renamed Canadian Football League 1958 Event NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring 1957 Birthday J. C. Watts, born in Eufaula, Oklahoma, politician, U.S. House of Representatives, Oklahoma's 4th district, formerly a football player playing for the Canadian Football League 1957 Birthday Glenn Hoddle, born in Hayes, London, soccer team manager for Swindon Town, formerly played for Swindon Town, National Football Museum Hall of Fame inductee 1957 Birthday Hansi Muller, born in Stuttgart, Germany, athlete, footballer, played for German national football team 1956 Event Canadian Football Council forms 1955 Event 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17 1955 Birthday Alan Hansen, born in Sauchie, Scotland, professional football player, television pundit, played for Liverpool, Scottish national team, and Patrick Thistle 1954 Event Fordham University scraps football team for financial reasons 1954 Event 1st pro football game in Netherlands 1954 Birthday Sammy McIlroy, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, soccer player, athlete, played for Manchester United, manages Morecambe Football Club, in Football League Two, the fourth division of English football 1954 Birthday Phil Neale, born in Scunthorpe, England, cricketer, coach, team manager, played for Worcestershire, played football for Lincoln City, Scunthorpe United, 1989 Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1953 Birthday Robert Brazile, born in Mobile, Alabama, football player, linebacker, played for National Football League's Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs, nicknamed 'Dr. Doom', named 1975's NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year 1952 Birthday Mike Varty, born in Detroit, Michigan, athlete, American football linebacker for the National Football League 1951 Event 1st coast-to-coast televised football game (Dumont paid $75,000) Los Angeles Rams beat Cleveland Browns 24-17 in NFL championship game 1951 Event 1st color telecast of football game on network, Philadelphia (CBS) 1950 Birthday Willie Duggan, rugby football player 1950 Event 3 months as National-American Football League takes back NFL name 1950 Birthday Clarence Ellis, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, football player, safety, played with National Football League's Atlanta Falcons, drafted in first round of 1972 NFL Draft 1950 Birthday Rich Glover, born in Bayonne, New Jersey, athlete, American football player, played in the NFL's New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles 1950 Birthday Barry Pearson, born in Geneseo, Illinois, born Barry Lynn Pearson, American professional football player, attended Northwestern University, played position of wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs 1950 Birthday Jack Youngblood, born in Jacksonville, Florida, professional football player, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, voted into College Football Hall of Fame 1949 Birthday Dan Dierdorf, NFLer, sportscaster, Monday Night Football 1949 Birthday Joe Lavender, born in Rayville, Louisiana, football cornerback, played for National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins 1947 Birthday Dough Wilkerson, football 1946 Event All-American Football Conference plays 1st game (Clev 44, Miami 0) 1945 Birthday Al Michaels, Brooklyn, sportscaster, ABC Monday Night Baseball/Football 1945 Event College football's #1 Army beats #2 Notre Dame 48-0 1945 Event Canadian football's Calgary Bronks changes its name to Stampeders 1945 Birthday Bill Bergey, born in South Dayton, New York, American collegiate and professional football player, played for American Football League's Cincinnati Bengals and NFL Philadelphia Eagles 1944 Event Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl," Oran, North Africa 1943 Birthday Lawrence Elkins, football player Florida for the Houston Oilers 1941 Event Football Writers Association of America organized 1940 Birthday Joe Gibbs, born in Enka, North Carolina, football coach, owner, NASCAR Championship team, Pro Football Hall of Fame, coached Washington Redskins for 12 seasons, producing 8 playoff appearances, 4 NFC Championship titles, 3 Superbowl Titles 1940 Event 3rd American Football League plays 1st game (Milw 14, Columbus 2) 1939 Event 1st televised college football game (Fordham vs Waynesburg at New York City) 1938 Birthday Don Meredith, born in Mount Vernon, Texas, NFL quarterback, Cowboys, and Monday Night Football 1937 Birthday Barry Switzer, football coach, Oklahoma 1937 Event 2nd American Football League plays 1st game (LA 21, Pittsburgh 0) 1937 Birthday William Cannon, football player, Heisman-1959 1937 Birthday Tom Osborne, college football coach 1937 Birthday Lou Holtz, U.S., football coach, New Jersey Jets 1935 Birthday John David Crow, football player, Heisman Trophy 1957 1933 Event 1st Sunday football game in Philadelphia (previously illegal) 1933 Birthday Stafford Heginbotham, toymaker/Football Club Chairman 1932 Birthday Peter John Swales, football club chairman 1932 Event Joe Kershalla scores 71 points in a college football game 1932 Birthday Dick Nolan, football coach 1931 Birthday Alex Webster, football coach for the New York Giants 1931 Death Knute Rockne, football player and coach, dies in a plane crash at 43 1930 Event 1st U.S. football game broadcast to England (Harvard 13, Yale 0) 1930 Event 1st football game in Atlantic City Convention Center 1930 Event 1st Canadian football game played under lights, Hamilton-UBC 1930 Event Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 1st game, loses to St. John's Rugby, 7-3 1930 Event Winnipeg Rugby Football Club forms 1929 Event Chicago Cardinals become 1st pro football team to train out of town 1928 Event Notre Dame finally lost a football game after nearly 25 years 1928 Birthday Keith Jackson, Carrolton, Georgia, sportscaster, ABC Monday Night Football 1928 Event Tri-City Rugby Football Union forms consisting of Moose Jaw, Regina and Winnipeg 1928 Birthday Dave Bowen, born in Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales, Welsh football player, manager, captain, led country to win 1958 World Cup finals 1926 Event British Columbia Rugby Football Union forms 1925 Event 1st East West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans 1925 Event Pro football a hit in New York City; Grange and Bears beat Giants before 73,000 1925 Death Walter Camp, father of American football, dies at 65 1924 Birthday Joe Paterno, football coach, Penn State, SI Sportsman of 1986 1924 Event 57,000 watch a High School football game (LA and Polytechnic tie 7-7) 1924 Event Cleveland Bulldogs lose to Frankford Yellowjackets, ends 31-game undefeated streak (NFL and major-league football record) 1924 Event Harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs) 1924 Birthday Darrell Royal, born in Hollis, Oklahoma, football coach, in 20 years as head coach, University of Texas Longhorn never lost a season, elected to College Football Hall of Fame, 1983 1923 Birthday O A "Bum" Phillips, football coach, Houston Oilers/New Orlean Saints 1923 Birthday John McKay, West Virginia, football coach, USC, Tampa Bay, 5 time Rose Bowl champ 1923 Birthday Jack Hayward, British financier, Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club 1923 Birthday Ara Parseghian, football coach, Northwestern, Notre Dame 1922 Event 1st coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game 1922 Event Curly Lambeau and Green Bay Football Club granted NFL franchise 1922 Birthday George Allen, football coach, Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins 1922 Event American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League" 1921 Event American Professional Football Association reorganizes in Akron 1920 Event Pro football playoff game Akron and Buffalo 0-0 tie, title undecided 1920 Event 1st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7, Canton-3 at Polo Grounds 1920 Event WTAW of College Station, Tx, broadcast 1st football play-by-play 1920 Event American Pro Football League's Chicago Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards 1920 Event NFL (then American Pro Football Association) plays 1st games 1920 Event National Football League organizes in Canton Ohio 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Professional Football Association 1920 Event Preliminary meeting in Akron to form American Pro Football League 1920 Event American Professional Football Association forms (NFL) 1919 Birthday Eddie Robinson, winningest college football coach, Grambling 1918 Birthday Howard Cosell, born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, sportscaster, Monday Night Football 1916 Event 222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech and Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee 1916 Birthday Bud Wilkinson, college football coach, Oklahoma 1916 Event 1st football game in Rose Bowl, Washington State vs. Brown 1915 Birthday Helmut Schoen, football coach 1914 Birthday Sammy Baugh, born in Texas, American football player, coach, inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame 1913 Birthday Paul "Bear" Bryant, U.S. football coach, Alabama Crimson Tide 1913 Birthday Woody Hayes, Wayne, college football coach, Ohio, 1968 coach of yr 1912 Birthday Cissie Elizabeth Charlton, football matriarch 1911 Event Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta Unions form Western Canada Rugby Football Union 1910 Event Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union forms 1910 Event Saskatchewan (then Regina) Roughrider football club formed 1909 Event Canadian Football exhibition game played in Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, Hamilton Tigers beat Ottawa Rough Riders, 11-6 before 15,000 1908 Event 1st football uniform numerals used (University of Pittsburgh) 1908 Event Calgary Rugby Football Union forms 1908 Event Caledonia and Hillhurst Football Clubs play for Central Alberta Rugby Football League championship 1908 Birthday Frank Leahy, O'Neill Nebraska, football coach, Notre Dame 1908 Birthday Albie Booth, collegiate Hall of Fame football star, Yale 1907 Event English Professional Football Player's Association forms 1907 Event Interprovincial Rugby Football Union plays 1st game (Mtl 17 Tor 8) 1907 Event Interprovincial Rugby Football union (Big Four) forms with Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Foot Ball 1907 Birthday Ralph F. Marston, born in Malden, Massachusetts, Ralph Fulsom Marston, professional football player, played with National Football League's Boston Bulldogs, 1929 1906 Event Football rules committee legalizes forward pass 1904 Event 1st stadium built specifically for football (Harvard Stadium) 1904 Event Charles Follis is 1st black to play pro football 1904 Event Federation Internationale de Football Association (Soccer) forms in Paris 1904 Event 1st athletic letters given (University of Chicago football team) 1904 Event 1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on University of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them 1903 Birthday Harold "Red" Grange, "Galloping Ghost" of football, Illinois Bears 1902 Event 1st indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Philadelphia 6-0 (MSG, New York City) 1902 Event 1st night football game, Philadelphia Athletics beats Kanaweola AC, 39-0 1902 Event Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League 1900 Birthday Carl Hubbard, Missouri, baseball and football Hall of Famer 1900 Event Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms 1899 Event Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's 1898 Event 1st Canadian Intercollegiate football game: McGill beats Queen's, 3-2 1898 Event Ottawa Football Club re-organizes into the Rough Riders 1897 Event Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston 1897 Birthday Earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach, elected 1965 1897 Event 1st football game between black colleges-Atlanta U 10, Tuskegee 0 1896 Event 1st large indoor football game, University of Chicago beats University of Michigan 7-6 1896 Event A. A. Stagg of U Chicago creates football huddle 1895 Event 1st pro football game played, Latrobe beats Jeanette 12-0 (Penn) 1895 Event 1st pro football game (quarterback John Brallier paid $10 and won 12-0) 1895 Birthday George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star, Notre Dame 1894 Event 1st midwestern football team to play on west coast, University of Chicago defeats Stanford 24-4 at Palo Alto, California in football 1893 Birthday Lou Little, college football hall of fame coach, elected 1960 1892 Event N C Biddle beats Livingston 4-0 in 1st black college football game 1892 Event Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes 1st pro football player 1892 Event Allegheny Athletic Association beats Pitts Athletic CLub, 4-0 in football 1892 Event Manitoba Rugby Football Union forms 1890 Event 1st Army-Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point 1890 Birthday Jack Cusack, pro football pioneer, Canton Bulldogs 1888 Event USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their 1st football game 1888 Event English Football League established 1888 Birthday Knute Rockne, Norwegian/U.S. football player and coach, Notre Dame 1887 Event Notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan 1887 Event Ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship 1885 Event Montreal and Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game 1884 Event Canadian Rugby Football Union forms 1883 Event Quebec Rugby Football Union forms 1883 Event Ontario Rugby Football Union forms 1883 Event Ontario Rugby Football Union (forerunner of CFL) forms 1879 Event Pim Mulier forms "Haarlem Football Club" 1876 Event Columbia, Harvard and Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Association 1876 Event Ottawa Football Club forms 1876 Event Talks begin to set up a football club in Ottawa 1876 Birthday Frank Cavanagh, one of football's coaching greats 1876 Event Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football 1875 Event Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms 1875 Event 1st Quebec vs Ontario football game, Ontario wins 1874 Event Harvard beats McGill University in football, 3 - 0, 1st admission charge at a football game 1873 Event 1st international football game in US: Yale 2, Eton (England) 1 1873 Event 1st football game between Toronto Argonauts and Hamilton Tigers 1873 Event Columbia Princeton Rutgers and Yale set rules for collegiate football 1873 Event Toronto Argonaut Football Club 1st game losing to University of Toronto 1873 Event Toronto Argonaut Football Club forms 1869 Event 1st intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4) 1869 Birthday John Heisman, pioneering football coach/trophy namesake 1868 Event 1st written account of a Canadian football game 1867 Event Ottawa Rough Riders and Senators play Canadian Football game 1866 Event Australian Rules Football is created 1863 Event Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer 1862 Birthday Amos Alonzo Stagg, football pioneer, inventor, tackling dummy 1861 Event 1st documented Canadian football game (at University of Toronto) 1859 Birthday Walter Camp, Connecticut, father of American football, Yale
