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Tufts Jumbos football

The Tufts Jumbos football program represents Tufts University in the sport of American football. The team competes in Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC).[3] The team's head coach is Jay Civetti, who has led the Jumbos since 2011.[4]

The team has played since the 1874–75 season.[5][6][7] The Tufts football team played its first game on June 4, 1875, against Harvard, which Tufts won by a score of 1–0. This game is considered the first game of American football between two American colleges, with each team fielding 11 men, the ball being advanced by kicking or carrying it, and tackles of the ball carrier stopping play.[8]

Tufts plays its home game at Ellis Oval, located on the campus in Medford, Massachusetts. One Tufts player, William Grinnell, has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

History

Seasons

1875 Tuffs team
Tufts v Harvard at College Hill, October 1875
Original ball from the Tuffs 24 v Browns 2 game, played on 2 November 1892

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Individual accomplishments

College Football Hall of Fame inductees

In 1951, the College Football Hall of Fame opened in South Bend, Indiana. Since then, Tufts has had 1 player inducted into the Hall of Fame.[12]

Notes

  1. ^ Alternative sources indicate a 2–4 record for the 1885 season.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tufts Digital Library". dl.tufts.edu.
  2. ^ Tufts University Visual Identity Standards Quick Guide (PDF). Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  3. ^ "NCAA Directory - Directory - Member Listing". web3.ncaa.org. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  4. ^ "Jay Civetti". Tufts. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  5. ^ "Tufts Journal: Features: Gridiron history".
  6. ^ "The Tufts Daily". 21 October 2004.
  7. ^ "Tufts".
  8. ^ Dupont, Kevin Paul (September 23, 2004). "Gridiron gridlock: Citing research, Tufts claims football history is on its side". The Boston Globe.
  9. ^ "Going Back to Brown: Edward N. Robinson Again Appointed Football Coach There - With Tufts Last Year". The Boston Daily Globe. February 12, 1910.
  10. ^ "Pierotti 'Wises' Up Tufts On Harvard Formation". The Boston Globe. November 7, 1918. p. 7. Retrieved August 31, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Tufts University Jumbos Football Program Records". Tufts University. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  12. ^ "Hall of Fame: Select group by school". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved October 11, 2008.

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