rutgers celebrates 150 years intercollegiate football

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Rutgers Celebrates 150 Years of Intercollegiate Football

Line of scrimmage ground view as Rutgers prepares to kick an extra point after touchdown. against the University of Massachusetts. Rutgers fell behind visiting UMass 21-7 in a season-opening August, 30, 2019 football game at the SHI Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey. Eventually, the homesters` 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 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.`