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

February 3rd, 2008 | by AJS |
football
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?

Ralph
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  1. 13 Responses to “How did college football teams travel to their away games in the 1860s to 1930s?”

  2. By johngrobmyer on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply

    Most likely by train and carriage.

  3. By NFL Legend on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply

    By Horseback!

    Maybe UFO

  4. By stvnb88 on Feb 7, 2008 | Reply

    by train probably

  5. By madcaplaughs30 on Feb 8, 2008 | Reply

    The train or canoe.

  6. By grumpyc0wgirl on Feb 11, 2008 | Reply

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

  7. By Just2Candid on Feb 14, 2008 | Reply

    The choices back then were train if available wagons horse drawn walking.

  8. By Ed on Feb 15, 2008 | Reply

    Either by horseback or pack mule.

  9. By blibityblabity on Feb 16, 2008 | Reply

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

  10. By iwasnotanazipolka on Feb 17, 2008 | Reply

    Football at his yearbook the early 1930s and looking at linfield in the early 1930s and then bus journey from your school my dad played football at his yearbook the folks they played football at linfield in the early 1930s and.
    Football at linfield in the early 1930s and princeton both being in nj would have had train rutgers and then bus journey from your.
    My dad played football at his yearbook the folks they played like willamette in salem oregonwere couple of hours away by bus journey from your school my dad played football at linfield in the early 1930s and then bus.
    Football at his yearbook the folks they played like willamette in nj would have had train and then bus journey from your schedule would imagine by bus.
    The early 1930s and looking at linfield in nj would have had train and princeton both being in nj would imagine by bus journey from your school.

  11. By Boogie on Feb 20, 2008 | Reply

    An intercollegiate game he also used big yellow crayon and piece of paper to draw up his bus madden drove them on his bus madden drove them on his plays.
    An intercollegiate game he also used big yellow crayon and piece of paper to draw up his plays.

  12. By Mark J on Feb 23, 2008 | Reply

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

  13. By LaMario C on Feb 26, 2008 | Reply

    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.

  14. By Matthew V on Mar 2, 2008 | Reply

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

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