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November 6th Marked the Anniversary of Rutgers University and Princeton Playing the first Intercollegiate Football Game

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the staff of the Ridgewood blog

New Brunswick NJ, Rutgers University and its neighbor, Princeton, played the first game of intercollegiate football on Nov. 6, 1869, on a plot of ground where the present-day Rutgers gymnasium now stands in New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers won that first game, 6-4.

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