College football has a longer history than professional football in the United States. This is because the first college football match was in the middle of the 19 century and it was played according to rules very different with respect to those of today.

Football has its origins in the European sport of rugby with some features coming from soccer. Actually soccer is the American name as Europeans call soccer “football” and football “American football”. Therefore it is clear that soccer has also some contact points with football.