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Intercollegiate Football Championship Established

The first American college football match between Rutgers and Princeton formalized the sport and launched collegiate athletics.

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College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football first gained popularity in the United States.

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