Oh, hey there, college football. A little birdie—which may or may not be Facebook...or the NCAA—told us it's your birthday and you're 146 years old. But, if we're being honest, you don't look a day over 125.
According to NCAA.com's Sam Richmond, it was this day in 1869 that Princeton and Rutgers faced off in what would be known as the first college football game. Granted, it didn't look anything like the game today, and there were no alternate uniforms, but it laid the groundwork for the sport we've all come to love:
The game’s rules were far different than they are today.