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First College Football Game
The first college football game was played between Rutgers University and Princeton University, which was called the College of New Jersey at the time. Rutgers won by a score of 6 "runs" to Princeton's 4. -
USA Track and Field
William B. Curtis founded the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), which governed the sport of track and field in the United States. In 1992, USA Track and Field got its name to increase recognition for the organization and for the sport in the United States. -
Invention of Basketball
James Naismith, who was a physical education teacher at the YMCA, invented the game of basketball by using a soccer ball and a peach basket. -
First U.S. Golf Open
This event was first played on a nine hole course at the Newport Country Club in Rhode Island, It was a 36 hole competition that was played in one day, and there were 10 professionals and one amateur that entered. -
First College Basketball Game
The first college basketball game was played on January 18, 1896, when the University of Iowa invited student athletes from the University of Chicago for an experimental game. The final score was 15-12, which Chicago winning. -
First World Series Game
The first World Series was between the Boston Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Boston won the series (5-3). -
U.S. Soccer
The U.S. Football Association was granted provisional membership by FIFA. The name has since changed to the U.S. Soccer Federation. -
Women's Baseball
Spring training day took place on this day at Wrigley Field in Chicago for the first All-American Girls Baseball League. Four teams were formed within close proximity to Chicago, which is where the league headquarters were. -
First Super Bowl
The first Super Bowl game was played between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs. At the time, the game was called the World Championship Game, but later got its name, Super Bowl. -
Beach Volleyball
The first professional beach volleyball tournament was the Olympia World Championship of Beach Volleyball at Will Rogers State Beach in Pacific Palisades, California.
