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Rutgers Celebrates 150 Years of Intercollegiate Football Royalty Free Stock Photo

Rutgers Celebrates 150 Years of Football Royalty Free Stock Photo

Rutgers Celebrates 150 Years of Football

Rutgers defensive back Tre Avery makes a leaping interception in the 4th quarter to put a bow around a game which had started miserably for the home team. Rutgers fell behind visiting UMass 21-7 in a season-opening August, 30, 2019 football game at the SHI Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey. The defense stiffened and the offense exploded. The Rutgers Scarlet Knights rallied and went on to score 41 unanswered points and celebrated the 150th anniversary of of intercollegiate football by trouncing the Massachusetts Minutemen 48-21 in an NCAA Division 1 FBS matchup. The game had a historic context because 150 years earlier, Rutgers beat Princeton 6-4 in the first inter-collegiate football game which was played in neighboring New Brunswick, NJ in 1869. To the present day, Rutgers is known as the `Birthplace of College Football.`