Haverford Fords football
The Haverford Fords football team represented Haverford College in college football. The team started in 1879, just the third school in Pennsylvania to field a football team. The team was rivals with Swarthmore. The 1894 game claims to have the first "action shot" photograph of a game. College athletic director James Babbitt was an important figure in the 1905 rules negotiations that brought the forward pass, 10-yard first down and other innovations into the game.
| Haverford Fords football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1879 |
| Location | Haverford, Pennsylvania |
| Rivalries | Swarthmore |
| Colors | Red and Black |
Haverford no longer has a team. The school ended the football program in 1972.
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