 The site for the contest was a small plot of land where the
College Avenue currently stands on Rutgers' campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey.The structure of the game resembled more of a rugby-style contest instead of modern-day football, in which players were allowed to kick and bat the ball with their fists and hands.At the time, Rutgers was referred to as the Queensmen, a homage to the school's chartered name of Queen's College.