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Dec 03, 2022
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This is #7 in a series covering football’s original 61 rules adopted by the Intercollegiate Football Association in 1876. We review one rule each Friday.


Rule #7 was among the few rugby rules the IFA changed to create football's first set of rules, so let's look at the rugby rule.

Rugby Rule 7: A match shall be decided by the majority of goals but if the number of goals be equal, or if no goal be kicked by a majority of tries, or if no goal be kicked or try obtained, the match shall be drawn. When a goal is kicked from a try, a goal only is scored.

The wording is confusing, but I read it to say the team scoring the most goals wins the game.

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