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  2. Early history of American football - Wikipedia

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    In the early years, the players consisted of working boys because most boys did not attend high school. By 1904 more boys began attending school past 8th grade. 1909 was Massillon's first undefeated football team. From 1910 to 1920 high school football in Massillon grew and improved, and by 1916 they were named the Scholastic Champions of Ohio ...

  3. List of the first college football games in each U.S. state

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    White-Stocking Park, Chicago, Illinois: 1–0 First organized intercollegiate football game in Illinois. The Chicago Daily Tribune called it "the first rugby-football game to be played west of the Alleghenies" and it was advertised as the "championship of the Western Colleges." [19] [20]

  4. History of American football - Wikipedia

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    In 1907 at Champaign, Illinois Chicago and Illinois played in the first game to have a halftime show featuring a marching band. [97] Chicago won 42–6. On November 25, 1911 Kansas and Missouri played the first homecoming football game. [98] The game was "broadcast" play-by-play over telegraph to at least 1,000 fans in Lawrence, Kansas. [99]

  5. Chicago Prep Bowl - Wikipedia

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    It was the premier high school football event in Illinois until the IHSA formed the state championship football playoffs in 1974. The 1927 game between Mt. Carmel and Carl Schurz High School drew an estimated 50,000 fans; the largest crowd to see a prep football contest in American history up to that time. [1]

  6. 1892 Chicago Maroons football team - Wikipedia

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    On Wednesday, November 16, 1892, Chicago defeated Illinois by a 10–4 score in Chicago. Each team scored a touchdown but missed the goal after touchdown, and the first half ended in a 4–4 tie. In the second half, Stagg ran around the left end for a touchdown and kicked the goal after touchdown to give Chicago its 10–4 advantage.

  7. From inventing the huddle to trying a new helmet, Gallaudet ...

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    Gallaudet has been playing football since 1883, when it was known as the National Deaf-Mute College, and invented the huddle just over a decade later.

  8. College football - Wikipedia

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    In 1907 at Champaign, Illinois Chicago and Illinois played in the first game to have a halftime show featuring a marching band. [110] Chicago won 42–6. On November 25, 1911 Kansas played at Missouri in the first homecoming football game. [111] The game was "broadcast" play-by-play over telegraph to at least 1,000 fans in Lawrence, Kansas. [112]

  9. History of sports in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Cubs ended their 108-year championship drought by winning the World Series in 2016, a historic event that captivated fans. The use of advanced statistics and analytics has transformed team strategies, player evaluations, and game management, popularized by the “Moneyball” approach.