Princeton-Yale Football Game: 1903

The music you are listening to now is
"Varsity Drag" played by Cass Hagen and his Park Central Orchestra, Recorded in 1927!

This is a movie shot by Thomas Alva Edison during the 1903 Princeton vs. Yale Football Game, recently released by the Library of Congress. It is Quite Amazing to see how far football has come in 100 years!

Also of interest, you may want to check out this link about the history of the Princeton-Yale-Harvard dominance of Collegiate Football during the time this movie was filmed.

We have three different versions of the same movie for you to choose from. Choose "Best Quality" for the largest size movie, either if you have a fast internet connection or want to wait a long time. Choose "Good Quality" for a smaller, but still decent quality version of the film, and choose "Dial-up Internet" if you just want to get a basic idea of what football looked like 100 years ago, or if you are extremely impatient.

1903 Princeton-Yale Game (Best Quality)

1903 Princeton-Yale Game (Good Quality)

1903 Princeton-Yale Game (Dial-up Internet)