Let There Be Light: Football’s First Night Game

Posted by on Sep 18, 2023 in | Comments Off on Let There Be Light: Football’s First Night Game   On a pleasant autumn evening in 1892, Mansfield Normal School and Wyoming Seminary ushered football out of the dark ages by playing the greatest game never seen. The schools clashed on September 28 in what is acknowledged today as football’s first night game, although the primitive illumination scarcely pierced the darkness. Not only did the thousands of fans at Mansfield’s Smythe Park...
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