How did college football teams travel to their away games in the 1860s to 1930s?

August 13, 2009 by admin · 13 Comments
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sammi asked:

I know that the first college football games were more related to rugby and soccer. And the first intercollegiate game was held on November 6, 1869 and was between Rutgers and Princeton. How did the Princeton football team get to Rutgers? How did the other college football teams arrive at their games?

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13 Responses to “How did college football teams travel to their away games in the 1860s to 1930s?”
  1. johngrobmyer says:
    August 18, 2009 at 3:57 am

    Most likely by train and carriage.

  2. NFL Legend says:
    August 18, 2009 at 9:08 pm

    By Horseback!

    Maybe UFO

  3. stvnb88 says:
    August 20, 2009 at 4:39 am

    by train probably

  4. madcaplaughs30 says:
    August 20, 2009 at 11:12 am

    I’d say the train. Or canoe.

  5. grumpyc0wgirl says:
    August 21, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    They teleported, like in Star Trek!
    Everyone knows that….

  6. Just2Candid says:
    August 23, 2009 at 5:29 am

    The choices back then were:

    Train if available.

    Wagons (horse drawn)

    Walking

  7. Ed says:
    August 23, 2009 at 11:36 pm

    Either by horseback or pack mule.

  8. blibityblabity says:
    August 25, 2009 at 10:25 pm

    Same way as everyone else at that time. Train or carriage.

  9. iwasnotanazipolka says:
    August 28, 2009 at 9:59 am

    I would imagine by train – Rutgers and Princeton both being in NJ would have had train connections. Anyone on your schedule would be withing a 5-6 hour train (and then bus) journey from your school. My dad played football at Linfield in Oregon in the early 1930s and looking at his yearbook, a the folks they played (like Willamette in Salem, Oregon)were a couple of hours away by bus.

  10. Boogie says:
    August 28, 2009 at 3:08 pm

    I thought this was common knowledge… John Madden drove them on his bus. Madden was the 1st person to ever orchestrate an intercollegiate game. He also used a big yellow crayon and a piece of paper to draw up his plays.

  11. Mark J says:
    August 30, 2009 at 3:48 pm

    I don’t know, horse and buggies???

  12. LaMario C says:
    September 2, 2009 at 8:39 pm

    They drove and took planes. . . . Nah, I’m just kidding. I would think they used trains, carriage, or walked. They didn’t have much equipment so it was more simple to just go and play.

  13. Matthew V says:
    September 7, 2009 at 12:55 am

    1860s-1910s, likely by train. 1920s-1930s, probably by Model T or some sort of bus.

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