{"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": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1869, 2002], "span_label": ["1869 CE", "2002 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 5}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "associate-justice-of-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states", "label": "Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States", "shared": 1}], "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": 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": 1917, "year_label": "1917 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – Byron White, American football player and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 2002)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373519608#June", "title": "1917", "revid": 1373519608, "section": "Births › June"}}, {"year": 1921, "year_label": "1921 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October", "text": "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": 1970, "year_label": "1970 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "November 14", "text": "November 14 – Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in Wayne County, West Virginia; all 75 on board, including 37 players and 5 coaches from the Marshall University football team, are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370420699#November", "title": "1970", "revid": 1370420699, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 25", "text": "December 25 – In the longest American football game in National Football League history, the Miami Dolphins beat the Kansas City Chiefs 27–24 after 82 minutes, 40 seconds of playing time. Garo Yepremian kicked the winning 37-yard field goal after 7:40 of the second overtime period.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369905382#December", "title": "1971", "revid": 1369905382, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"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"}}]}