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The University of Rochester's first 150 years.

1891 football team
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As the 19th century progressed, the idea of a relationship between a strong mind and a strong body began to take hold on American college campuses. Rochester was no different, and despite administrators' ambivalence, fielded a baseball team in 1879 and a football team in 1889.
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