On November 6, 1869, the Rutgers Queensmen defeated the New Jersey Tigers in which is traditionally labeled as the first game of college football.
150 years later, the game is almost unrecognizable from the day’s happenings in New Brunswick, NJ. But in a stand-alone national television spot on a Wednesday night, the MAC delivered a thriller on a benchmark anniversary for the sport. Miami (OH) (5-4, 4-1 MAC) bested Ohio (4-5, 3-2 MAC), 24-21, for the sole control of the MAC East division in the rivalry series known as the “Battle of the Bricks.”
In game which produced just 21 total points heading into the fourth quarter, most of the action was packed into the contest’s final frame.