1874 Harvard vs. McGill football game
The 1874 Harvard vs. McGill football game was a two-game series between the Harvard Crimson and the McGill Redmen held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 14 and 15, 1874.
| First "Boston rules" football game played in the United States | ||||||||||
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| Date | May 14, 1874 | |||||||||
| Season | 1873 | |||||||||
| Stadium | Jarvis Field | |||||||||
| Location | Cambridge | |||||||||
| First rugby football game played in the United States | ||||||||||||||||
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The second game, played under the rugby rules. Harvard players at left, in white shirts | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | May 15, 1874 | |||||||||||||||
| Season | 1873 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Jarvis Field | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Cambridge | |||||||||||||||
With the first game being played under the Harvard's "Boston game", the second one was the first rugby-style football game played in the United States. It used three periods or "games" and ended in a scoreless tie.
A Princeton vs. Rutgers football game had been played five years earlier (in 1869), but under a variation of England's The Football Association rules, closer to contemporary soccer than American football.
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