6 nov 1869 anni - On November 6,
1869, Rutgers University
faced Princeton University
(then known as the College
of New Jersey) in a game
that was played with a round
ball and, using a set of rules
suggested by Rutgers captain
William J. Leggett, based on
the Football Association's first
set of rules, which were an
early attempt by the former
pupils of England's public
schools.