Under the Lights: Why September 28 is One of Football’s Most Electrifying Dates Imagine a football game played under a single light pole in the middle of the field. That’s precisely the history made on September 28, 1892, marking the birth of night football! While that first attempt ended in a scoreless, dimly lit tie,

September 28, 1919 – Tom Harmon was a former University of Michigan halfback who played for the Wolverines from 1938 through the 1940 seasons.  According to the footballfoundation.org site, Harmon was a playmaker for Michigan, and they were big plays at that. Just in the 1939 season alone, Tom picked off an Iowa pass for

September 28, 1907 – Glen “Turk” Edwards was a tackle from Washington State University. Turk made his most memorable splash play in college as a junior in a big game against Oregon State to decide who would represent the Pacific coast in the Rose Bowl. The game was tied late when the big hands of

September 28, 1881 – Harry “Dutch” Van Surdam was the quarterback of Wesleyan from 1902 through 1905. According to information from the National Football Foundation’s website, Dutch then transitioned into coaching and led programs at Marietta, Sewanee, and Texas Mines. Van Surdam stayed up on his rule books, too, as exemplified in 1906 when his