Today's Tidbit... College Football and Money in 1880
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Among the most important years for rule changes in college football history was 1880. That year, football began using eleven players per side instead of fifteen and switched from the rugby scrummage to the football scrimmage, with one team possessing the ball for a series of downs. Two years later, they added a rule requiring teams to gain five yards in three downs or give up possession of the ball.
Today's Tidbit... College Football and Money in 1880
Today's Tidbit... College Football and Money…
Today's Tidbit... College Football and Money in 1880
Among the most important years for rule changes in college football history was 1880. That year, football began using eleven players per side instead of fifteen and switched from the rugby scrummage to the football scrimmage, with one team possessing the ball for a series of downs. Two years later, they added a rule requiring teams to gain five yards in three downs or give up possession of the ball.