How did college football teams travel to their away games in the 1860s to 1930s?
I know thаt thе first college football games wеrе more related tο rugby аnd soccer. And thе first intercollegiate game wаѕ held οn November 6, 1869 аnd wаѕ between Rutgers аnd Princeton. Hοw dіd thе Princeton football team gеt tο Rutgers? Hοw dіd thе οthеr college football teams arrive аt thеіr games?
teach?
Most likely by teach and carriage.
By Horseback!
Maybe UFO
by teach doubtless
I’d say the teach. Or canoe.
They teleported, like in Star Trek!
Everyone knows that….
The choices back then were:
Teach if available.
Wagons (horse drawn)
Walking
Either by horseback or pack mule.
Same way as everyone else at that time. Teach or carriage.
I would imagine by teach – Rutgers and Princeton both being in NJ would have had teach connections. Anyone on your schedule would be withing a 5-6 hour teach (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 those they played (like Willamette in Salem, Oregon)were a couple of hours away by bus.
I thought this was ordinary knowledge… John Madden drove them on his bus. Madden was the 1st person to ever orchestrate an intercollegiate game. He also used a huge yellow crayon and a piece of paper to draw up his plays.
I don’t know, horse and buggies???
They drove and took planes. . . . Nah, I’m just kidding. I would reckon they used trains, carriage, or walked. They didn’t have much equipment so it was more simple to just go and play.
pack mules
1860s-1910s, likely by teach. 1920s-1930s, doubtless by Model T or some sort of bus.