ootball in 1890 had its problems in rules, particularly regulations dealing with who was eligible to play at the collegiate level. The controversy over player eligibility split the American Intercollegiate Football Association, as Harvard withdrew from the group, and Yale, though still an active member, was scheduling independent games against Harvard. In spite of that, the game was spreading like wildfire across the country.
1891… a quiet year
Administrators of the Intercollegiate Football Association had to be breathing a sigh of relief in 1891, for there were no real changes in rules or any dramatic impending controversies. The state of the game was a carbon copy of the previous year; it was as if no one knew what to do to improve the situations, so they tiptoed around them for another year.
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