An avid reader of Football Archaeology who is researching early pro football sent the following question this morning: I have been running into almost every [team name] game in 1903 having the first half being longer than the second half. For example, the 1st half will be 25 minutes long and the second half is 20 minutes.
UNC tied Georgetown in a game that was postponed a day, to 10/26/08, due to rain. From the Washington Post, "In view of the fact that the latter half was played in twilight it must have been far from entertaining to those who had bought grandstand tickets for the privilege of witnessing the game with some degree of comfort." Both halves were 25-minutes.
Nothing from that 1903 game, but I've seen plenty of games called due to darkness and shorter second halves.
UNC had several late kickoffs before 1927. I found several 4:15 PM kickoffs with the last one being 1903. The last 4 PM kick was 1908.
Check the newspaper coverage to see if there are comments about the games ending in darkness.
UNC tied Georgetown in a game that was postponed a day, to 10/26/08, due to rain. From the Washington Post, "In view of the fact that the latter half was played in twilight it must have been far from entertaining to those who had bought grandstand tickets for the privilege of witnessing the game with some degree of comfort." Both halves were 25-minutes.
Nothing from that 1903 game, but I've seen plenty of games called due to darkness and shorter second halves.