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Evolution That first game in 1869 featured two teams of 25 men with 100 or so spectators. Today, a typi- cal Division I college foot- ball program, with players, coaches, staff members, and student volunteers, includes more than 200 people. A few games draw as many as 110,000 fans

(and 10 to 15 million more watch on television). How did college football get here? Here is a brief look at some of the game’s most influential people and moments. Walter Camp: Known as the “Father of Ameri- can Football,” the captain of the Yale football team in 1876 went on to put in place some of the biggest changes in the rules of the game. He reduced the number of players on each side to 11 and introduced the line of scrimmage.

Walter Camp created many of the rules that are still part of the game today.

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