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Video: oldest known footage of college football

Posted on 1/26/17 at 9:22 am
Posted by Nuts4LSU
Washington, DC
Member since Oct 2003
25468 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 9:22 am
This footage was shot by Thomas Edison's production company:

Yale vs. Princeton 1903
Posted by TigerBait414
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
1501 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 9:25 am to
Les Miles' offense. Amiright?
Posted by MikeyFL
Las Vegas, NV
Member since Sep 2010
9596 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 9:31 am to
I didn't realize we've come full circle with the HUNH.
Posted by Art Vandelay
LOUISIANA
Member since Sep 2005
10702 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 9:39 am to
0-0 tie?
Posted by Spider John
Nola
Member since Apr 2014
973 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 9:50 am to
Why arent the fans leaving at halftime?
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
34673 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 9:54 am to
quote:

Les Miles' offense. Amiright?


No toss dive, no Les.
Posted by Hester Carries
Member since Sep 2012
22428 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 9:55 am to
Its crazy to me that there are always so many fans there. It would be like 25,000 people showing up to watch that LSU Quidditch team.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51283 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 10:16 am to
Looks like a weird form of rugby.
Posted by prostyleoffensetime
Mississippi
Member since Aug 2009
11437 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 10:16 am to
quote:

Les Miles' offense. Amiright?



Too fast paced
Posted by heypaul
The O-T Lounge
Member since May 2008
38116 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 10:22 am to
quote:

Looks like a weird form of rugby.

American Football is literally from the roots of rugby.

Posted by GeauxColonels
Tottenham Fan | LSU Fan
Member since Oct 2009
25604 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 10:41 am to
quote:

American Football is literally from the roots of rugby.

Yep. Watch a rugby match now and you can see the roots of American football.
Posted by RidiculousHype
St. George, LA
Member since Sep 2007
10206 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 10:43 am to
quote:

I didn't realize we've come full circle with the HUNH.


Same thought I had. Never knew they used the HUNH back then.

Looked like some pretty violent collisions considering no helmets.
Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
82031 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 10:53 am to
The punts
Posted by 91TIGER
Lafayette
Member since Aug 2006
17717 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 11:02 am to
quote:

Les Miles' offense.



Posted by Tigerbait337
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2008
20535 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 12:13 pm to
The ref wearing a suit lol
Posted by dbeck
Member since Nov 2014
29452 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:47 pm to
Too bad there's no audio to hear Verne's commentary.
Posted by Turftoe
Denver
Member since Mar 2016
3903 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:50 pm to
Fantastic!
Posted by cardswinagain
Member since Jun 2013
11883 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 4:23 pm to
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
141985 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 6:05 pm to
quote:

Its crazy to me that there are always so many fans there. It would be like 25,000 people showing up to watch that LSU Quidditch team.
I believe there is film of a Michigan-U of Chicago game in 1905 w/50K people in the stands

so it was already big business
Posted by GCTiger11
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Jan 2012
45150 posts
Posted on 1/26/17 at 6:07 pm to
I wonder who PEEJ had in that game
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