American football College championship College football national championship -- Princeton Tigers Events 6 November -- the first American intercollegiate football game is played , between Princeton Tigers and Rutgers Scarlet Knights .
The rules are closer to modern Association football ( soccer ) .
American football College championship College football national championship -- Princeton Tigers Events 6 November -- the first American intercollegiate football game is played , between Princeton Tigers and Rutgers Scarlet Knights , although the rules are closer to modern Association football ( soccer ) .