History of football By amvo2 Nov 6, 1869 First game https://en.wikip edia.org/wiki/American_football Jan 1, 1876 The term football in the college rule book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football Jan 1, 1880 The snap and line of scrimmage by Waltor Camp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football Jan 1, 1906 Invention of the "forward pass" https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/football/274377 Jan 1, 1912 Touchdown increased to 5 points to 6 https://www.profootballhof.com/football-history/football-history/ Jan 1, 1913 The American Professional Football Association changed their name to National Football League https://www.profootballhof.com/football-history/football-history/ Jan 1, 1932 First NFL playoff game in the Chicago stadium https://www.profootballhof.com/football-history/football-history/ Jan 1, 1942 Most players from the NFL went to the military to serve in WWII https://www.profootballhof.com/football-history/football-history/ Dec 13, 1942 Redskins beat the bears 14-6 https://www.profootballhof.com/football-history/football-history/ Dec 28, 1952 Detroit Lions won their first champion ship game in 17 years 17-7 https://www.profootballhof.com/football-history/football-history/ Jan 1, 2022 1.04m High schoolers play football https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football Jan 2, 2022 18.6B as of 2022 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football
