Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mutambo wekutanga wakanyorwa wenhabvu yemukati yaive chiratidziro pakati peSpringfield YMCA Training School nechikwata cheYale Senior Class chakatamba musi waZvita 12, 1890 paMadison Square Garden II
. James Naismith akarova touchdown yeSpringfield, kunyange zvazvo Yale yakakunda kuratidzira 16-10. Zuva rakatevera mutambo wechipiri wekuratidzira wakatambwa, nePennsylvania ichikunda Rutgers 20-12. Munda weMadison Square Garden wakanga wakareba mamita 260 uye wakafara mamita 100.