1969 - Football Clip - 100 Years NCAA Football - College Highlights

Retro Sports Radio: Classic Games from History · Oct 29, 2026 · 51m · transcript

1969 marked the 100th anniversary of college football, dated from the first intercollegiate game between Rutgers and Princeton on November 6, 1869. The centennial season was marked with various commemorations — special patches and logos on uniforms, retrospective All-America team selections spanning the sport's history, and considerable media attention on the game's evolution from that first contest, played under rules closer to rugby, to the modern sport. The season itself produced one of the more famous single games in college football history: the November 1969 matchup between top-ranked…