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American Football: The First College Football Game
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On November 6, 1869, Rutgers and Princeton played what was billed as the first college football game. In 1876, a coach named Walter Camp, who is considered the “Father of American Football,” helped produce the first rules of American football. Now over 147 years later football is still a popular sport watched by millions of americans. American football is a sport played by two teams of eleven players who attempt to get a touchdown. Whoever scores a touchdown will gain six points for their team.The players use a football which is a oval shaped ball made from leather. It takes about 600 cows to make one full season's worth of NFL football’s. The 2 main football positions are offense and defense. The offense is the side which is in

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