1861 – first documented game (similar to rugby) played in Toronto, Canada
1869 – first college football game – Princeton defeats Rutgers 6-4 / the field is 120 yards long / 25 players on each side
1875 – ball is an oval rugby ball / field length is reduced to 100 yards / 15 players per side / referees
1876 – H-shaped goal posts on the goal line
1880-85 – 5 yards in three downs to get a first down / 11 men per side / field goals = 5 points touchdown and extra point = 4 / called plays
1897 – touchdown = 5 points
1905 – Teddy Roosevelt calls a meeting of college officials to deal with deaths playing football which leads to the creation of the NCAA to regulate the game / forward pass is legalized / no locking arms / no pileups
1909 – field goal = 3 pts.
1910 – have to have 7 men on the line of scrimmage
1912 – TD = 6 pts. / fourth down is added / punts
1921 – first radio broadcast
1922 – American Professional Football League becomes the NFL
1934 – current shape of the ball
1939 – mandatory helmets in college football (pros later)
1958 – two point conversion added in college
1960 – American Football League created to compete with NFL
1967 – first Super Bowl / slingshot-shaped goal posts
1974 – goal posts moved to the back of the end zone / sudden death for regular season games
1994 – pros adopt the two point conversion
1999 – NFL allows challenges
– Amazing 518-21
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