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National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), 196
National Football League, 222
Navy, 203
Needham, Henry Beach, 168, 173–75, 179, 188, 189
neutral zone, 196, 199
Nevin, James B., 95
newspapers, 31, 75–80, 82, 101–4, 106–7
New York City, 1–12
New York University, 193–94, 195–96
Nichols, Edward, 187
Northwestern University, 125, 204
eliminates football, 200
and player eligibility, 61, 62
plays Chicago, 60–61
plays Wisconsin, 13–20, 67, 112–13, 135–36, 140–42, 151–52
Notre Dame, 181–82, 206–8
Notre Dame University, 54
Nugent, William, 78
O’Dea, Andrew, 37, 43–51, 89, 183, 210, 214, 216, 218
O’Dea, Patrick, 13–20, 133. See also Wisconsin, University of
as adult special student, 67, 70
and amateurism, 65
arrives at Wisconsin, 43–51
attains superstar status, 149–55
and Carlisle Indian School game, 68–69
changes his name, 213
and Chicago game, 109, 128–30, 134–36
as coach, 180–83, 211
early life, 34–37
and Eastern conference football, 137
1897 season, 82–92
1898 season, 126
ejected from game, 163
friendship with Nellie Melba, 139–40
injury, 143–44
later life, 224–26
life after leaving Wisconsin, 209–21
longest placekick, 159
and media, 81
and Michigan game, 162
and Minnesota game, 159–60
most memorable career moments, 158–61
named to All-American team, 20, 136
and Northwestern game, 112–15, 140–42
punting skills, 50, 113, 140–41, 154
reappears, 215–21
retires from football, 156–66
returns to Wisconsin, 217–21
and violence on the field, 180
and Yale game, 145–49
officials, 196
Ohio State University, 224
open-field plays, 114, 180
Oriard, Michael, 78–79, 103, 120
Owsley, John, 188, 190
Parker, Bartol, 192–93
passing, 205, 206
Patten, Gilbert, 74
Patton, Francis L., xiii, 29–30
Peabody, Endicott, 188
Peele, Hereward, 47, 108, 146
penalties, 8, 10, 196
Pennsylvania, University of, 52–53, 56, 138, 158, 174–75, 192–93, 199
pep rally, 85–86
Pershing, Dick, 211–12, 214
placekicks, 17, 158–59
Plotke, Nathan, 105–8, 111–12
Poe, Edgar Allan, 7, 52–53
practices, 56, 200
Princeton, 17, 138
athlete inducements, 174
embraces football, 29–30
Harvard refuses to play, 54
helps develop early football rules, 25
and player eligibility controversy, 52–54
plays Dartmouth, 179
plays Rutgers, 2, 24–25
plays Yale, 2–12, 28–29, 39, 79–80, 167
role in establishing intercollegiate football, 30
professionalism. See amateurism; eligibility, player
public relations, 116–17, 120–21
Pulitzer, Joseph, 78, 102
punting, 8, 16, 17–18, 50, 69, 89, 113, 140–41, 148, 154
Purdue, 61, 125, 181
Purple. See Northwestern University
Pyre, “Sunny,” 63–64, 86
quarterback, 38, 205
Quill, Jim, 193
Quinn, W. E., 204
radio, 223
recruitment, player, 30, 121–22
Red River Lumber Company, 212–13, 224
Reid, Bill, 184–86, 187, 190, 191–92, 192–93, 197
religion, 22–23
residency requirement, 62–70
revenues, football, 3, 30, 56, 116–25, 161–62, 200
Rice, Grantland, 150
Richards, Howard, 146–48, 153
Richards, John, 50, 65, 66, 67, 83
Richardson, William, 138
Riordan, Jeremiah, 88, 110, 111
Rockne, Knute, 207, 222
Rogers, Clarence, 131
Roosevelt, Theodore, xiv, 98, 99, 187–93
Root, Elihu, 188
Roper, Bill, 205, 208
Rose Bowl game, 119, 225, 227–28
rugby, 24, 26, 27, 28
rules, 114–15
early, 25
new, 199–208
rules committee, 26, 27–28, 114–15, 190–91, 193, 195–201, 205
Rutgers University, 2, 24–25
safety, 38
Salmon, Louis “Red,” 181
Sanford, George Foster, 168, 174
Savage, Howard, 222
scandals, xiii, 167–86, 222–23, 228–29
Columbia, 169–70, 174
Yale, 170–72, 197–98
scholarships, 176, 223
scoring system, 8, 27–28, 37
scrimmage line. See line of scrimmage
scrummage, 27, 28
Seau, Junior, 229
semi-professionalism, 56
sensationalism, 102–3
signals, 83–84
Sinnock, “Pom,” 204
six-month residence rule, 62–70
Slocum, William F., 120
Smith, Harry, 216
Smith, Ronald, 57, 184
Smock, Ledu, 6
soccer, 24, 27, 28
Southeastern Conference, 223
Southern football, 93, 223
sports writing, 78
stadiums, 221
Stagg, Amos Alonzo, xiii, 27, 29, 84, 109, 110, 111, 205, 225
as Chicago coach, 14–15, 58–61
and Chicago-Wisconsin game, 120
criticism of, 124
dictates how game revenues are divided, 122–24
disliked by Wisconsin, 132–33
invited to join Eastern rules committee, 115
leads rules committee, 114
at Michigan-Wisconsin game, 160–61
and player eligibility dispute, 127
relents on gate receipts controversy, 164–65
retires, 223
schedules games with Eastern schools, 158
takes postseason trip to Pacific Coast schools, 117–19
Standard Oil Company, 172–73
Stanford University, 117, 119, 224, 225
Steckle, Allen, 162
Steffen, Walter, 176
Stickney, Highland, 30, 50
St. Louis University, 204
Street, L. C., 43, 47
Stuhldreher, Harry, 224
Sullivan, John L., 97
Sultan, Dan, 206
tackles, 29, 38
tackling dummy, 83
Tarbell, Ida, 172–74
Taussig, Frank William, 97
Taylor, Knox, 11
ten-yard rule, 196
Texas A&M, 227–29
Thanksgiving Day games, 1–12, 13–20, 31, 79–80, 112–13, 135–36, 157–58, 160–64, 200
Thorne, Clarence, 8, 17
Thorpe, Jim, 206
ticket prices, 56
/> Tigers. See Princeton
touchdowns, 8, 10, 16, 28, 29, 37
Trafford, Bernie, 40
training camps, 56, 200
tramp athletes, 54, 62, 178
Turner, Jackson, 200–201
turtle back play, 38–39
uniforms, 6–7
Union College, 193–94
Upham, Preston, 185
USC, 227–29
VanDoozer, Jesse, 113
violence, xiv, 28–29, 39, 40–41, 99, 101, 103, 179–80, 183–84
Virginia, University of, 93–95, 203
Wagenhurst, Elwood, 52–53
Walker, Willis, 212–13, 218
Ward, William, 9
Watterson, John, 194
wedge play. See flying wedge play
Weekes, Harold, 168, 170
Wesleyan University, 138
Western Conference, 13, 52, 61, 223. See also Big Ten
championship, 112
vs. Eastern Conference, 17, 137–55
and player recruitment, 122
rules reforms, 114, 200–201
scandals, 175–80
Western Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association, 124–25
Western Intercollegiate Athletic Association, 124–25
West Point, 138, 202
Westwood, CA, 211–14, 216
Weyand, Alexander, 26, 39, 84, 170
Wheeler, Stanley, 47
White, Andrew, 28
White, Herbert, 191–92
Whitney, Caspar, 135, 203
football revenues, 116, 164
player eligibility, 54–56, 61, 63–65, 121–22, 124, 166, 169
Wilmarth, George, 144
Wilson, Earl, 203
Wilson, Woodrow, 205
Wisconsin, University of, 138. See also O’Dea, Patrick
and Andy O’Dea, 37, 43–51
beginning of football at, 30
1897 season, 82–85
growth of football at, 49
O’Dea returns to, 217–21
and player eligibility, 62–70, 124–25, 127, 130–31, 131–32
plays Carlisle Indian School, 67–70
plays Chicago, 66, 105–11, 120, 128–36, 165–66
plays Illinois, 158–59, 217–21
plays Lake Forest, 50–51, 62, 85
plays Michigan, 157–58
plays Minnesota, 85–92, 108, 129–30, 159–60
plays Northwestern, 13–20, 67, 112–13, 135–36, 140–42, 151–52
plays Stanford, 225
plays Yale, 137–49, 152–55
relationship with Stagg, 132–33
and rules reforms, 200–201
University of Chicago boycott, 124–26, 127–28, 157, 164–65
Wood, James, 173
Woodruff, George, 38, 83–84
Wray, James, 204
Wrenn, Everts, 19, 20, 113
Yale, 17, 84, 138
athlete inducements, 171–72, 174
athletic abuses, 197–98
coaching, 56–57
early games, 25–28
financial abuses in athletics, 191
football-related revenues, 30
Harvard refuses to play, 41
playing style, 205
plays Columbia, 168–69
plays Harvard, 26, 40–41, 71–74, 80, 97–98, 116, 187, 193
plays Princeton, 2–12, 28–29, 39, 79–80, 167
plays Wisconsin, 137–49, 152–55
role in establishing intercollegiate football, 30
scandal, 170–72, 197–98
sells radio rights, 223
and Stagg, 58–59
yellow journalism, 101–4, 107, 172
Yost, Fielding, 54, 178, 222
Young, Vince, 227–28
Zuppke, Robert, 159, 221
About the Author
Dave Revsine has been the lead studio host of the Big Ten Network since its inception in 2007. Before that, he spent more than a decade as a studio anchor at ESPN. He lives in suburban Chicago with his wife and three daughters.