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48 Years Ago Today in Rutgers Football History

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Rutgers played Princeton on September 28, 1974 in the most notorious game in the long rivalry. Tony Pawlik put Rutgers ahead on a 94 yard punt return that broke the previous record of 73 yards by John Pollack in 1968 against Holy Cross. But Rutgers failed on a two-point conversion after their kicker had been injured earlier in the game. The score remained 6-0 until the final minutes of the fourth quarter when Princeton scored a touchdown and was an extra point away from taking the lead. But thousands of Rutgers fans among the crowd of 26,000 had already stormed the field earlier and tore down one set of goalposts. Then, before the Princeton extra point kick, they took the other goal posts down. The Tigers were forced to go for two and failed leaving the 6-6 game as the only tie of all the games played between Rutgers and Princeton.

For the first time in NCAA history, an in-season, immediate rule was passed requiring all colleges to have available an emergency set of goal post on its premises.
 
Rutgers played Princeton on September 28, 1974 in the most notorious game in the long rivalry. Tony Pawlik put Rutgers ahead on a 94 yard punt return that broke the previous record of 73 yards by John Pollack in 1968 against Holy Cross. But Rutgers failed on a two-point conversion after their kicker had been injured earlier in the game. The score remained 6-0 until the final minutes of the fourth quarter when Princeton scored a touchdown and was an extra point away from taking the lead. But thousands of Rutgers fans among the crowd of 26,000 had already stormed the field earlier and tore down one set of goalposts. Then, before the Princeton extra point kick, they took the other goal posts down. The Tigers were forced to go for two and failed leaving the 6-6 game as the only tie of all the games played between Rutgers and Princeton.

For the first time in NCAA history, an in-season, immediate rule was passed requiring all colleges to have available an emergency set of goal post on its premises.
Guess there were no penalties for fan interference back then?
 
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For the first time in NCAA history, an in-season, immediate rule was passed requiring all colleges to have available an emergency set of goal post on its premises.
In the last Princeton game... even the extra goalposts were taken and walked over to College Avenue by Rutgers fans (frats.. of course).
 
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