Another Trivia

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The first college football team to put numbers on their jerseys was:_____________
The year was:___________

 

[mm42]

U of Chicago, 1910. A total guess, but what the heck.

 

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very very close but no cigar

 

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Pitt

1908

 

[Essobee]

U of Chicago, 1910. A total guess, but what the heck.

Thread hijack alert:

Is it true that U of Chicago helped organize the big ten and won several conference championships?

Use of Google will be considered unsportsmanshiplike conduct and penalized 15 yards.

 

[mm42]

Is it true that U of Chicago helped organize the big ten and won several conference championships?

TRUE!

I guessed U of Chicago because Amos Alonzo Stagg was the coach there, and he was responsible for many innovations.