Like football under the lights? Here's how it began

ESSENTIAL NEWS. September 26, 2024. Florida Weekly

There’s a first time for everything, and a notable number of historic events have taken place in the ninth month of the year. We’ll note some of them as we go along, but here’s one of my favorites:

It was Sept. 28, 1892, in Mansfield, Pa. The Mansfield State Normal School and Wyoming Seminary scheduled a football game. But it would be a contest like no o…