American Football
College championship
- College football national championship – Princeton Tigers and Rutgers Scarlet Knights (shared)
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). Rutgers wins by 6 "runs" to 4.
- A second game is played a week later at Princeton who win this 8–0.
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