This
paper [2.2mb pdf] explores the history of Old Division Football, a popular and violent kicking game that arose at Dartmouth during the early nineteenth century. The game had largely faded by the 1890s, although an annual freshman-sophomore match continued in various forms until 1948.
11.05.2006 Second draft of paper posted. Most changes are minor revisions. The paper also now dates the title-page photograph to 1874 and includes news of Dartmouth football from a newspaper in Amherst, New Hampshire in 1870.