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According to Parke H. Davis, the 1869 Rutgers football team shared the national title with Princeton. [2]
In 1869, the original Rutgers football team defeated Princeton University in the first intercollegiate game ever played. [3]
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In sports, Rutgers is chiefly known for being the “Birthplace of College Football,” hosting the first ever intercollegiate football game on 6 November 1869 in which Rutgers defeated a team from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) with a score of 6 runs to 4. [2]
The college won the conference championship in three of those four years (1958, 1960, and 1961). [3]
ScarletNation.com caught up with Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano and various Scarlet Knights as they offered their insight on the first game of the season. [5]
Rutgers overcame a slow start and went on to dispose of Norfolk State by a score of 31-0 in the 2010 season opener. [1]
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Since joining the Big East, the Scarlet Knights have won four conference tournament titles: men’s soccer (1997), baseball (2000, 2007), and women’s basketball (2007). [...] Initially, students sought to make orange the school color, citing Rutgers’ Dutch heritage and in reference to the Prince of Orange. [2]
Greg Schiano took over as head coach for the 2001 season. [...] Since the 1991 season, Rutgers has competed within the Big East Conference, having finally abandoned the status of an Independent team. [...] While some might consider the awarding of a championship in the 1869 “season” to be disingenuous’as there were only two teams playing “football” at the time, both showing 1′1 records’Princeton and Rutgers have been regarded as having shared the 1869 national championship. [3]
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[1] Rutgers University - Rivals.com
[2] Rutgers Scarlet Knights - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] Rutgers Scarlet Knights football - Wikipedia, the free …
[4] Rutgers Football - NJ.com
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