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Today's Tidbit... The 1876 Harvard-Yale Game
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Aug 05, 2022
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Harvard and Yale played a rugby challenge match in 1875. The second meeting came in 1876 and was played a few days before the formation of the Intercollegiate Football Association, which established the first standard rules for American football.

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