Stevens football explained

Teamname:Stevens football
Conference:Independent
Firstyear:1872
Lastyear:1924
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Color1:Red
Color1hex:A32638
Color2:Gray
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The Stevens football team represented the Stevens Institute of Technology in college football.

History

Stevens was one of the first five college football teams.[1] In 1873, representatives of Princeton, Yale, Columbia, and Rutgers met in New York City to establish the first American intercollegiate rules for football on the model of the London Football Association.[2] As the game developed in the United States it became progressively more violent and Stevens became disadvantaged. The alumni magazine commented that the style of the game became too difficult and required an enormous amount of time and training which could be afforded by larger colleges, but would add too much work to the already difficult academic coursework at Stevens.[3] President Alexander Crombie Humphreys ended the football program after the 1924 season.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1872 Schedule and Results. College Football at Sports-Reference.com. 29 May 2015.
  2. Geoffrey Clark, History of Stevens Institute of Technology New Jersey: Jensen/Daniels, 2000, p. 147
  3. Fall 1890 . Stevens Indicator . VII . 77–78 . Stevens Alumni Association .