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Today's Tidbit... Football’s First Scoop and Score

Timothy P. Brown

Apr 26, 2022

In 1883, Princeton's T. H. Harris recovered a fumble and ran it the field's length vs. Lafayette for the first documented scoop-and-score. Harris is second from left in the 1885 team picture.