First Frisbee. Legend says that in 1920, with the cry "Frisbee," Yale students hurled Mrs. Frisbies’s pie plates across the New Haven Green and a national pastime was born.

 

First 5 on 5 Basketball Game. First 5-man basketball game was held on March 20, 1897 at Yale and with updating of rules, is still the same game enjoyed today by millions.

 

First College Football Game. The first intercollegiate football game occurred on November 16, 1872 between Yale University and Columbia University at Hamilton Park in New Haven. The American game began as a virtual free-for-all between players using a round ball, no holds barred.

 

First Football Dummy. In the fall of 1889 All-American football player Amos Alonzo Stagg improvised with a gymnasium mat as a tackling dummy for football practice. It is now used as standard equipment throughout the country.

 

First Animal Mascot. Handsome Dan, a bulldog owned by Andrew B. Graves, Class of 1892, becomes Yale’s mascot, the first animal to hold such a position in American sports.

 

First Film of Football Game. On November 15, 1902, for the first time in history, cameraman Thomas Alva Edison uses a movie camera to record a football game; Yale beat Princeton 12-5.