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The Age of Crisis
The game of football almost collapsed as contraversy over eligibility, recruitment disadvantages, subsidization, death/injury, etc. plagued the league. Many colleges payed players to play on their team, creating an unfar playing field. This caused many schools and states, including Georgia after an injury that later led to a death, to ban football. -
First Paid Head Coach
Havard University paid head coach Bill Reid a whooping $7000 per year to coach college football. This put a rift in football as up to that point, college football was really considered a leisuire activity. -
Intercollegiate Athletic Association is Born
This is know known as the NCAA. 62 teams from all over the country came and made a set of rules including prohibiting subsidization(paying to play), increased first down to 10 yards, recruitment issues, and eliminating excessive of physicallity. -
Colleges Leave for Other Sports
Due to the amount of contraversy and injury in college football, big schools like Stanford and California left football to pursue rugby. -
Record Setting Year for College Football
Thirty people were killed while playing football, nine were college players -
Knute Rockne
In 1919 he was named head coach of Notre Dame. In 13 seasons he posted a impressive record of 105-12 with 5 ties. These season included 5 undefeated seasons and 3 national Championships. He coached players such as George “The Gipper” Gipp and the members of the Four Horsemen, and his colourful personality captured the public's imagination. He died in a plane crash in 1931. -
Jack Trice
Jack Trice was the first African American player on Iwoa State. Jack Trice was playing against Minnesota and he got hit and broke his collarbone, he insisted to keep playing and then got hurt agein. Later that week he died from hemorrhaged lungs and internal bleeding as a result of the injuries sustained during the game. -
Red Grange
The Red Grange was one of the greatest college football players of the time for lllinois. -
Blue Bloods
The Blue Bloods are the big three, Harvard, Yale and Princeton. These teams continued to occupy a disproportionate space in the minds of thoses involved in college football. The fans across the country also dressed more formally than basball crowds.
