1893 1910 1996 2018 2019 Princeton wins its first football national championship In 1893, Princeton’s football team had an undefeated season, winning all 11 of its games. Led by head coach Charley Caldwell and team captain Edgar Allan Poe (a distant relative of the famous poet), the Tigers outscored their opponents 270-14. This dominant performance earned them recognition as national …
Yale Bulldogs School History
1872 1875 2013 2015 2016 Father of American Football 1872: Walter Camp, a student at Yale, is credited with inventing American football, and he later becomes known as the “Father of American Football.” See Full Story Yale plays its first football game against Wesleyan University On November 13, 1875, Yale played its first football game against Wesleyan University in New …
Penn Quakers School History
1876 1904 2002 2016 The Penn football team plays in the first-ever college football game In 1876 The Penn football team plays in the first-ever college football game against Princeton. The game ends in a 2-2 tie. See Full Story Penn men’s basketball team wins the first-ever NCAA Tournament In 1904: The Penn men’s basketball team wins the first-ever NCAA …
Harvard Crimson School History
1875 1968 2008 2018 Harvard plays its first intercollegiate football game The game was played on November 13, 1875, between Harvard and Tufts University. It was played at Jarvis Field in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The game was played with a round, rather than an oval, ball and did not have a fixed number of players on each team. Harvard won the …
Dartmouth Big Green School History
1911 1935 2010 2018 Dartmouth wins the Ivy League championship 1911: Dartmouth wins the Ivy League championship, its first conference title in basketball. See Full Story Coach Earl “Red” Blaik 1935: Dartmouth hires Earl “Red” Blaik as head football coach. Blaik later goes on to coach at West Point and becomes a College Football Hall of Fame inductee. See Full …
Cornell Big Red School History
1874 1960 1964 2003 The first Cornell football team is formed In the fall of 1869, a student named Robert H. Trent organized a meeting with the goal of forming a football team at Cornell University. The meeting was attended by about 30 students, who agreed to form a team and elect officers. William L. Morris was elected as the …
Columbia Lions School History
1900 1910 1996 2017 founding members of the Ivy League In 1900 Columbia University becomes one of the founding members of the Ivy League, a conference of eight prestigious universities in the Northeastern United States. See Full Story The Columbia Lions football team wins the first-ever Rose Bowl The 1910 Rose Bowl was the first postseason college football game in …
Brown Bears School History
1926 1936 1946 2004 first Ivy League championship In 1926 The Brown Bears men’s basketball team wins the first Ivy League championship in the sport. See Full Story Bears football team wins the first-ever Sugar Bowl In 1936 The Brown Bears football team wins the first-ever Sugar Bowl, defeating the University of Tennessee 7-0. See Full Story Bears men’s soccer …
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