Old Division Football - Rules (1871)

Rules (1871)

1. Five umpires, one from each class in the Academical, and one from the Scientific Department, shall be elected annually by the college. The senior umpire present shall settle all disputes which arise concerning the game.
2. The ball shall be warned from the second base of the college grounds and towards the buildings. No warn shall be valid until both parties are ready.
3. Until the ball is kicked the warning party shall stand behind the ball and their opponents in front; the latter at a distance of at least two rods. These positions, and the warn as well, shall be changed each game.
4. No player shall kick, trip, strike, or hold another for any cause during the game.
5. It shall be considered foul when the ball is caught on the bound, or fly, or picked from the ground; when it passes the fence at the north or south end of the common, or at either corner, or when knocked past the east or west fence.
6. In case of a foul the ball shall be tossed up by the umpire at the place where the foul occurs, unless it be within two rods of either fence, in which case the ball shall be brought directly in a distance of two rods before umpiring.
7. The game shall be won when the ball is kicked past the east or west fence.