{"slug": "american-football", "label": "American football", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41323", "qid": "Q41323", "description": "form of team game played with an oval ball on a field marked out as a gridiron", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1869, 2002], "span_label": ["1869 CE", "2002 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 6}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [], "items": [{"year": 1869, "year_label": "1869 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 6", "text": "November 6 – The first game of American football between two American colleges is played. Rutgers University defeats Princeton University 6–4, in a forerunner to American football and College football.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360511845#November", "title": "1869", "revid": 1360511845, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1869, "year_label": "1869 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 6", "text": "November 6 – College of New Jersey (Princeton) defeat the Rutgers Queensmen (Rutgers) 6 to 4 in New Brunswick, N.J. in what is widely considered the first ever American football game with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, becoming known as \"The Birthplace of College Football\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322983377#Sport", "title": "1869 in the United States", "revid": 1322983377, "section": "Sport"}}, {"year": 1890, "year_label": "1890 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 3", "text": "March 3 – The first American football game in Ohio State University history is played in Delaware, Ohio, against Ohio Wesleyan", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364071388#March", "title": "1890", "revid": 1364071388, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1895, "year_label": "1895 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "September 3", "text": "September 3 – The first professional American football game is played, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club (Latrobe wins 12–0).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364324653#September", "title": "1895", "revid": 1364324653, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1921, "year_label": "1921 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 29", "text": "October 29 – Centre College's American football team, led by quarterback Bo McMillin, defeats Harvard University 6–0, to break Harvard's five-year winning streak. For decades afterward, this is called \"football's upset of the century\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371086035#October", "title": "1921", "revid": 1371086035, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1979, "year_label": "1979 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 4", "text": "August 4 – Opening game of the American Football Bundesliga played between Frankfurter Löwen and Düsseldorf Panther, first-ever league game of American football in Germany.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371786119#August", "title": "1979", "revid": 1371786119, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 19", "text": "January 19 – In American football, Tom Brady's victory in the Tuck Rule Game causes a national controversy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372652846#January", "title": "2002", "revid": 1372652846, "section": "Events › January"}}]}