The Intercollegiate Football Association game on Thanksgiving Day in New York City involved the top two teams from the previous year, which often meant Yale and Princeton since they were the best programs of the time. The 1889 version involved Yale and Princeton, attracting 30,000 fans to Berkeley Oval, which had a muddy playing field and entryways into the grandstand after a wet autumn. They were made worse by Penn and Wesleyan playing a morning game, so the Yale and Princeton players and fans slipped and slid alike that afternoon.
Today's Tidbit... 1889 Yale-Princeton @ Berkeley Oval
Today's Tidbit... 1889 Yale-Princeton …
Today's Tidbit... 1889 Yale-Princeton @ Berkeley Oval
The Intercollegiate Football Association game on Thanksgiving Day in New York City involved the top two teams from the previous year, which often meant Yale and Princeton since they were the best programs of the time. The 1889 version involved Yale and Princeton, attracting 30,000 fans to Berkeley Oval, which had a muddy playing field and entryways into the grandstand after a wet autumn. They were made worse by Penn and Wesleyan playing a morning game, so the Yale and Princeton players and fans slipped and slid alike that afternoon.