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The background of American College Football started in the 19th century in England. The European football is an equivalent to American soccer. The American variant of the game developed from British rugby. However it did not come to America at once, but it has evolved through some turns and twists in its history.
In the middle of 19th century, English children in public schools played a game with a ball involved picking up and running with it. The game was called rugby football.
British soldiers placed in Canada showed rugby to the American continent and it was played in Canadian universities soon. The primary recorded football was a soccer game that was played between College of New Jersey and Rutgers College in 1869.
The rugby continued in New England, obtaining popularity, ’til 1874 when Harvard University played McGill University of Montreal. The differences in the college’s games resulted in a set of new rules.
The match-up between Harvard University and Tufts University in 1875 is regarded as the primary game of American Football, having more features of the game that we have today. The sport left the rugby roots and it was well on the way to become a unique sport with the impact of Walter Camp.
When college football entered the new century, it became extremely violent. So much that President Theodore D. Roosevelt threatened to prohibit the sport altogether. Instead, the NCAA was formed. Due to the number of player deaths resulted by high impact, the association was considering the advantages of broadening the football field thus the game would become accessible.