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Hanford College, Little Ivy League, had no room for football players with low grades.
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College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities.
The first documented gridiron football match was a game played at University College, a college of the University of Toronto, November 9, 1861.
In 1864, at Trinity College, also a college of the University of Toronto, F. Barlow Cumberland and Frederick A. Bethune devised rules based on rugby football.
The 1869 game between Rutgers and Princeton is important in that it is the first documented game of something called intercollegiate " football " ever played between two American colleges, and because of this, Rutgers refers to itself as The Birthplace of College Football.
The Rutgers College football team in 1882.
A photograph of the 1875 Tufts team which hangs in the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana commemorates this match as the generally accepted first intercollegiate football game between two US institutions.
College football increased in popularity through the remainder of the 19th century.
He is currently President of Birmingham-Southern College after his stint as a non-executive director of English association football club Aston Villa.
In 1916, while stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Eisenhower was football coach for St. Louis College, now St. Mary's University.
He went to the City of Leicester Boys ' Grammar School ( now City of Leicester College ) on Downing Drive in Evington, inside the borough of Leicester due to his preference for football rather than rugby, which was the main sport of most schools near his home.
Hayling Island has a Non-League football club Hayling United F. C., which plays at Hayling College.
He excelled in many areas of university life – he won College ' Blues ' for cricket and Australian rules football, as well as the College Oratory and Essay Prize.
After Muir, Robinson attended Pasadena Junior College ( PJC ), where he continued his athletic career by participating in basketball, football, baseball, and track.
A number of facilities at Pasadena City College ( successor to PJC ) are named in Robinson's honor, including Robinson Field, a football / soccer / track facility named jointly for Robinson and his brother Mack.
* John Brown ( American football, born 1891 ) ( 1891 – 1963 ), player for Navy, College Football Hall of Fame inductee
In a Division III college football game on October 27, 2007, Trinity University was trailing by two points with two seconds left in a game against conference rival Millsaps College.
The Majors had a fierce football and basketball rivalry with Mississippi College in nearby Clinton through the 1950s before competition was suspended after an infamous student brawl at a basketball game.
* 1861 – The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, University of Toronto.
* 1999 – In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A & M University when the Aggie Bonfire, under construction for the annual football game against the University of Texas, collapses at 2: 42am.
* 1869 – In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University ( then known as the College of New Jersey ), 6-4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.

College and captivated
Erdman was also captivated by the modern dance technique she learned in Martha Graham's classes at Sarah Lawrence and at the Bennington College Summer School of Dance that she attended during the summers of 1935 and ' 36.

College and fans
Plainfield Teacher's College, a mythical institution created as a hoax by a duo of college football fans in 1941.
Sacramento's sports fans largely chose to ignore the home venue, which was located on the grounds of Sacramento City College, and hence, prevented from serving alcohol.
The Steelers regularly attract tens of thousands of fans to training camp and the Rooney family in conjunction with the College administration have vowed to keep with tradition and always have the camp open and free to the public.
Held on the campus of Wilkes Community College, and named in honor of Doc's late son Merle Watson, MerleFest has grown into the largest folk and bluegrass music festival in the United States, now drawing over 85, 000 music fans each year.
The site of Franklin College, the city attracts numerous regional sports fans for the college teams, as well as audiences for its art events.
Held on the campus of Wilkes Community College, and named in honor of Doc's late son Merle Watson, MerleFest has grown into the largest folk and bluegrass music festival in the United States, drawing over 85, 000 music fans each year.
Since nobody can remember the exact date, for historic purposes the band and fans have often celebrated the anniversary of the 16 February 1981 concert, in Vanbrugh College, York, England – the band's second ever gig in the form.
Original Grapes: Jerry Miller, Peter Lewis, Bob Mosley, Skip Spence, and Don Stevenson performed their classics “ Hey Grandma ,” “ Naked, If You Want To ,” “ Omaha ,” “ Fall on You ,” and “ 805 ,” among others, before fans at the Marin Civic and Cupertino ’ s DeAnza College.
Chapin's personal interaction with his fans ( he regularly led audiences in sing-alongs ) was such that during a 1977 appearance at Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola, Florida, when he was touring with only his bass viol player, he recruited the back-up singers for " Mr. Tanner " out of the audience.
Earlier that day, Boston College football fans had seen their Sugar Bowl-bound team, undefeated and ranked number one in the nation, lose its place to their unranked rival, Holy Cross, in a crushing defeat of 55-12.
On 20 November 1988, Boston College beat Army 38-24 in the Emerald Isle Classic, the first major NCAA American football game ever played in Europe, played before 42, 525 fans at the stadium.
In the mid-1960s, while Rickard was studying Product Design at Birmingham Art College he met several like-minded science fiction fans, particularly crediting fellow-student Peter Weston's fan-produced Speculation ' zine as helping him to " the art of putting together a fanzine ," some years before he created his own.
The first was at the Sierra College in Northern California and then at Dad's Garage Theater where it won accolades by fans and the press.
In the stadium's first event, 16, 800 fans watched Howard College shut out Birmingham-Southern College 9-0 on November 19, 1927.
The Normal Avenue entrance forces fans to drive down an extension of College Avenue, pass by the Panzer Athletic Center, Kasser Theater, admissions building, parking deck, and university police station to Carlisle Road, which runs into Quarry Road where the Clove Road campus entrance leads to and continues to the stadium.
The Yankees home opener was on June 20, 1999, facing the Hudson Valley Renegades in front of 4, 547 fans on the campus of the College of Staten Island.
Rosenblatt Stadium began demolition in late July ( after being reopened during the 2012 College World Series for fans to visit again ).
Pat Summitt declined to continue the yearly game in June, 2007, to the disappointment of Women's College Basketball fans, but the prospect of NCAA matchups between UConn and Tennessee will keep the rivalry alive.
The arena was the site of the largest crowd ever to see an NCAA college ice hockey game in the State of Colorado, as the University of Denver defeated Colorado College, 3 – 2, for the Denver Cup championship in 1995, with over 16, 000 fans in attendance.
The Syracuse University Orange often draw over 6, 000 fans, while the Division II Le Moyne College Dolphins are very popular as well.
The film also features interviews with Helms ' foes and fans, community activists, novelists Lee Smith and Allan Gurganus, openly gay Carrboro mayor Mike Nelson, and people in the street, including a brief interview with Matthew Shepard, then a student at Catawba College.
The gym at Essex County College was home of the American Basketball Association team, the Newark Express, which moved to Drew University and become the Jersey Express after averaging some 150 fans per game in Newark, though it attracted even fewer at Drew.
The club averaged approximately 2, 500 fans per game when playing its home games at Southwest College and San Diego Mesa College.

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