1.2. First football game ever was a college game on November 6, 1869, Rutgers vs Princeton
1.3. William (Pudge) Heffelfinger, first paid player to play
2. beginning of the nfl
2.1. First American football team was the Decatur Staleys now called the Chicago Bears
2.2. Walter camp invented American Football
2.3. Walter Camp was the first football player
2.4. nfl was created in Canton, Ohio
2.5. (apfa) american professional football association was the name before they started calling it "nfl"
3. beggining of the patriots
3.1. New Enlgand Patriots were first called the " Boston Patriots" to the "Bay State Patritos" the nfl rejected the name and on March 22, 1971, the team officially announced they would change the name to the "New England Patriots"
3.2. New England Football arrived in Nov. 16, 1959
3.3. Team logo "pat patriot" was made on April 1, 1960
3.4. the Patriots selected Foxborough as the new home of the team. In March 1971
3.5. On Aug. 15, 1971, the Patriots played their first game at Schaefer Stadium in Foxborough, defeating the New York Giants 20-14 before a crowd of 60,423 in a preseason contest.
