College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in Canada and the United States.
Friday December 30, 2011
Armed Forces Bowl
BYU (9-3, Road: 3-1)
Tulsa (8-4, Home: 4-2)
Pinstripe Bowl
Iowa St. (6-6, Road: 2-4)
Rutgers (8-4, Home: 6-1)
Music City Bowl
Mississippi St. (6-6, Road: 3-2)
Wake Forest (6-6, Home: 4-3)
Insight Bowl
Iowa (7-5, Road: 1-4)
(19) Oklahoma (9-3, Home: 5-1)
Saturday December 31, 2011
Meineke Car Care Bowl
Texas A&M (6-6, Road: 2-2)
Northwestern (6-6, Home: 3-3)
Sun Bowl
Georgia Tech (8-4, Road: 3-2)
Utah (7-5, Home: 3-3)
Fight Hunger Bowl
Illinois (6-6, Road: 1-3)
UCLA (6-7, Home: 5-1)
Chick fil A Bowl
Virginia (8-4, Road: 4-1)
Auburn (7-5, Home: 6-1)
Monday January 2, 2012
TicketCity Bowl
(20) Houston (12-1, Road: 6-0)
(24) Penn St. (9-3, Home: 5-2)
Gator Bowl
Ohio St. (6-6, Road: 1-4)
Florida (6-6, Home: 5-2)
Capital One Bowl
(21) Nebraska (9-3, Road: 3-2)
(10) South Carolina (10-2, Home: 6-1)
Outback Bowl
(12) Michigan St. (10-3, Road: 3-2)
(18) Georgia (10-3, Home: 5-1)
Rose Bowl
(9) Wisconsin (11-2, Road: 2-2)
(6) Oregon (11-2, Home: 7-1)
Fiesta Bowl
(4) Stanford (11-1, Road: 5-0)
(3) Oklahoma St. (11-1, Home: 6-0)
Tuesday January 3, 2012
Sugar Bowl
(13) Michigan (10-2, Road: 2-2)
(17) Virginia Tech (11-2, Home: 5-1)
Wednesday January 4, 2012
Orange Bowl
(23) West Virginia (9-3, Road: 4-1)
(14) Clemson (10-3, Home: 7-0)
Friday January 6, 2012
Cotton Bowl
(11) Kansas St. (10-2, Road: 4-1)
(7) Arkansas (10-2, Home: 5-0)
Saturday January 7, 2012
BBVA Compass Bowl
SMU (7-5, Road: 2-4)
Pittsburgh (6-6, Home: 5-3)
Sunday January 8, 2012
GoDaddy.Com Bowl
Arkansas St. (10-2, Road: 4-2)
Northern Illinois (10-3, Home: 6-0)
Monday January 9, 2012
BCS Championship
(2) Alabama (11-1, Conf: 7-1)
(1) LSU (13-0, Conf: 8-0)
The first game of intercollegiate "football" between two colleges from the United States was an unfamiliar ancestor of today's college football, as it was played under 99-year-old soccer-style Association rules.[1] The game was played between teams from Rutgers University and Princeton University, which was called the College of New Jersey at the time. It took place on November 6, 1869 at College Field, which is now the site of the College Avenue Gymnasium at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Rutgers won by a score of 6 "runs" to Princeton's 4.[2][3][4] The 1869 game between Rutgers and Princeton is important in that it is the first documented game of intercollegiate football ever played between two American colleges, and because of this, Rutgers is often referred to as The Birthplace of College Football. It came two years before an inter-club rugby game under the auspices of the Rugby Football Union would be played in England; though it must be remembered that rugby had been codified 24 years before this in 1845 and played by many schools, universities and clubs even before the laws were first put on paper. Although the Rutgers-Princeton game was undoubtedly different from what we today know as American football, it was the forerunner of what evolved into American football. Another similar game took place between Rutgers and Columbia University in 1870. The popularity of intercollegiate competition in football would spread throughout the country.
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