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First football game played in Mexico

Missouri and Texas played a series of exhibition games in Mexico at the conclusion of the 1896 college football season.

The opening game of the tour, held in Monterrey, was the first football game ever played in Mexico. It was watched by 3,000 spectators, including "the elite of the city" such as the Governor of Nuevo León, Bernardo Reyes.[1] Four days later, the teams played a series of games with mixed rosters in Mexico City,[2] in front of "mainly American and English residents and a sprinkling of Mexican club men".[3] After learning about wages being placed on the contest, the players agreed to finish in a tie.[2] Despite being in shape, they had trouble with the high altitude in the Mexican capital, leading to frequent timeouts due many collapsing on the field.[2][3] It is also reported that one game was stopped by police officers who thought the American players were fighting.[2] Due a delay on the train ride home, Missouri and Texas played one final exhibition game in Laredo, Texas, on the morning of January 2, 1897.[4]

The unauthorized tour angered university authorities at Missouri.[5] While the Texas team returned with no issues, Missouri officials fired head coach Frank Patterson, banned captain Tom Shawhan from the team, and suspended team manager George English from the university.[2][6]

More information Date played, Winning team ...
Date played Winning team Losing team Stadium City Attnd. Ref.
Dec 25, 1896Missouri12Texas0Monterrey3,000[1]
Dec 29, 1896Missouri0Texas0Indianilla groundsMexico City[3]
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More than five decades later in 1948, Ricardo Toraya of the International News Service described an earlier exhibition game played in 1895 as the first football game played in Mexico:

"The sport was introduced then by a group of vacationing Americans [sic] students. They used pillows for shoulder pads and Moorish bandages for helmets before the astonished eyes of Mexican school boys and some peaceful cows."[7]

Games against American opponents

More information Date played, Winning team ...
Date played Winning team Losing team Stadium City Attnd. Head coach Ref. Notes
Oct 5, 1929Louisiana College59UNAM0Mexico City10,000–15,000Reginald D. Root[8][9][10][a]
Nov 20, 1929Mississippi College28UNAM0Estadio ValbuenaMexico City75,000[11][b]
Sep 26, 1930Occidental31UNAM6Los Angeles ColiseumLos Angeles, CA15,000–30,000[12][13][14][15][c]
Oct 4, 1930Louisiana College33UNAM0Alumni FieldPineville, LA5,000–6,000[17][18][19][20]
Nov 8, 1930Mississippi College40UNAM0Municipal StadiumJackson, MS[21][22][23]
Oct 9, 1931Denver25UNAM6DU StadiumDenver, CO10,000Frederick Linehan[24][25][26]
Oct 15, 1931SMU reserves43UNAM0State Fair of TexasDallas, TX[27][28]
Nov 7, 1931Tulsa89UNAM0Skelly FieldTulsa, OK8,000–10,000[29][30][31]
Oct 22, 1932Louisiana College12UNAM0Mexico City24,000–30,000Johnny Joss

[32][33][34]

Nov 4, 1933Louisiana College18UNAM7Mexico City12,000Allan Converse, Jr.[35][d]
Sep 21, 1935Occidental26UNAM7Los Angeles ColiseumLos Angeles, CA15,000–25,000Dixie Howell[39][40][41][42]
Oct 12, 1935Lamar32UNAM0Mexico City[43][44]
Nov 9, 1935Louisiana College27UNAM7Mexico City7,000–20,000[45][46][e]
Nov 30, 1935Westmoorland31UNAM7Mexico City[47][48][49]
Oct 10, 1936Occidental19UNAM6Mexico City20,000Charlie Marr[50][51][52]
Sep 10, 1937Louisiana College18UNAM0Alumni FieldPineville, LA5,000–7,000[53][54][55][56]
Sep 17, 1937Lamar27UNAM13Beaumont, TX5,000[57][58][59]
Nov 20, 1937Texas A&I26UNAM12Mexico City[60][61][f]
Nov 22, 1938Texas A&I53UNAM7Harlingen, TX4,000–5,000Gonzalo Flores[62][63][64][g]
Jan 1, 1942Louisiana College10UNAM0Mexico CityRoberto "Tapatío" Méndez [es][65]
Jan 1, 1945Southwestern (TX)35UNAM0Kidd FieldEl Paso, TX13,000Bernard A. Hoban
Oct 6, 1945Louisiana College12UNAM7
Nov 23, 1946UNAM
Dec 28, 1946Mississippi College43UNAM7Estadio OlímpicoMexico City5,000–15,000[66][67][68][h]
Sep 21, 1947Randolph Field27Colegio Militar6Alamo StadiumSan Antonio, TX7,785Robert V. Whitlow[69][70][i]
Sep 28, 1947Loyola (CA)67Colegio Militar2Gilmore StadiumLos Angeles, CA8,500–10,000[71][72][73]
Oct 11, 1947Mississippi College43UNAM13
Dec 20, 1947Mexican All-Stars24Randolph Field19Estadio OlímpicoMexico City40,000[74][75][76][j]
Sep 18, 1948Colegio Militar7Randolph Field6Alamo StadiumSan Antonio, TX5,200Robert V. Whitlow[77]
Sep 18, 1948Compton26UNAM21Estadio OlímpicoMexico City25,000[78][79]
Oct 2, 1948Colegio Militar42Corpus Christi NAS0Mexico City25,000[80]
Nov 7, 1948Tampa77Colegio Militar0Phillips FieldTampa, FL5,400–6,000[81][82][83]
Nov 11, 1948Miami freshmen40Colegio Militar7Haines City, FL[84][k]
Dec 11, 1948Pacific Fleet33Mexican All-Stars26Mexico City[86][l]
Sep 17, 1949Randolph Field18Colegio Militar7Mexico City[88]
Oct 22, 1949Emporia State81Colegio Militar0Emporia, KS5,500[89][90][91][92]
Nov 29, 1952Texas A&I49Colegio Militar0Harlingen, TX3,500[93][94]
Dec 13, 1952Midwestern64UNAM20Mexico City[95]
Sep 19, 1953UNAM34Mississippi College20
Sep 18, 1954UNAM19Mississippi College13
Sep 24, 1955UNAM28Mississippi College7
Nov 12, 1960Mississippi College40UNAM0
Sep 15, 1962Mississippi College22UNAM6
Sep 19, 1964Mississippi College40UNAM6
Oct 23, 1971Notre Dame freshmen82Pieles Rojas AD [es]0Estadio AztecaMexico City35,000–60,000Manuel Rodero[96][97][98]
Sep 7, 1974Mississippi College51IPN0
Oct 18, 1975Mississippi College56UNAM0
Nov 22, 1975Mississippi College83IPN0
Sep 3, 1994Western New Mexico46Cóndores UNAM14Silver City, NMArturo Alonso[99][100]
Sep 2, 2017Humboldt State83CETYS Universidad14Redwood BowlArcata, CA3,622
Aug 25, 2018Ottawa (AZ)51CETYS Universidad[m]19Spirit StadiumSurprise, AZ1,540[101][102][103][104] [n]
Sep 1, 2018Occidental20CETYS Universidad0La MadrigueraMexicali[105][106][107]
Sep 8, 2018La Verne44CETYS Universidad12Ortmayer StadiumLa Verne, CA743
Aug 31, 2019CETYS Universidad[o]34La Verne13La MadrigueraMexicaliLuis Cervantes[108]
Sep 7, 2019Occidental38CETYS Universidad7Jack Kemp StadiumLos Angeles, CA500
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And even against other countries...

More information Date played, Winning team ...
Date played Winning team Losing team Stadium City Attnd. Head coach Ref. Notes
Nov 20, 1948UNAM42University of Havana7CubaRoberto Méndez[109][110][p]
Dec 18, 1948UNAM49University of Havana14Mexico City[110][111]
Nov 13, 1954UNAM69University of Havana8Mexico City[112][q]
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Unconfirmed/cancelled games

More information Date played, American team ...
Date played American team Mexican team City Ref.
October 3, 1931Louisiana CollegeUNAMMexico City[113][114]
December 5, 1931Mississippi CollegeUNAMMexico City[115]
January 6, 1932Southeastern LouisianaUNAMMexico City[116]
September 23, 1933Mississippi CollegeUNAMChicago, IL[117] [r]
December 25, 1933OccidentalUNAMMexico City[119]
November 12, 1934Birmingham–SouthernUNAMBirmingham, AL[120]
December 7, 1935Southwestern LouisianaUNAM[121]
December 8, 1935St. Mary's (TX)UNAMSan Antonio, TX[122]
November 25, 1938Louisiana CollegeUNAMMexico City[123]
November 11, 1949San Diego JCHeroico Colegio MilitarMexico City[124] [s]
November 23, 1963Mississippi CollegeUNAMMexico City[t]
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Other early games

More information Date played, Winning team ...
Date played Winning team Losing team Stadium City Attnd. Ref.
October 2, 1932Osos UNAM0Mexican Athletic club0Mexico City[125] [u]
October 26, 1935Osos UNAM54Colegio Militar0Mexico City[126]
October 22, 1933Osos UNAM14Centro Venustiano Carranza club7Mexico City[127][128] [v]
October 17, 1936IPN6Osos UNAM0Mexico City[129]
August 22, 1937Osos UNAM12UNAM Alumni6Mexico City[130]
May 31, 1942YMCA de México20Gatos Negros de Monterrey6Campo MilitarMonterrey[131] [w]
November 22, 1942Gatos Negros de Monterrey18Pieles Rojas de Monterrey6Parque Deportivo AceroMonterrey[131] [x]
May 30, 1943Club Atlético Social de México21Selección de Monterrey[y]7Campo MilitarMonterrey[131]
December 10, 1944Gatos Negros de Monterrey18Cachorros UANL0Parque Deportivo AceroMonterrey[131] [z]
February 18, 1945Gatos Negros de Monterrey7Cachorros UANL6Parque Cuauhtémoc [es]Monterrey[131] [aa]
February 25, 1945Gatos Negros de Monterrey0Cachorros UANL0Parque CuauhtémocMonterrey1,000[131] [ab]
March 11, 1945Gatos Negros de Monterrey6Cachorros UANL0Parque CuauhtémocMonterrey[ac]
November 20, 1945Cachorros UANL12Borregos Monterrey7Parque CuauhtémocMonterrey[132] [ad]
October 6, 1946Pumas UNAM45Colegio Militar0Estadio OlímpicoMexico City45,000[ae]
October 17, 1946Wachachara Lions6Colegio Militar0Estadio OlímpicoMexico City25,000[133] [af]
January 25, 1947Cachorros UANLGatos Negros de Monterrey[ag]
October 18, 1949Aztecas MCC32Pumas UNAM26[135][136] [ah]
October 1950Aztecas MCC20Colegio Militar14[137]
November 29, 1952Pumas UNAM20Burros Blancos IPN19Estadio Olímpico UniversitarioMexico City[138] [ai]
November 13, 1954Pumas UNAM49Borregos Salvajes MTY7Mexico City[112] [aj]
September 10, 1970Búhos IPN13Águilas Reales UNAM12Estadio OlímpicoMexico City[139] [ak]
September 4, 1971Borregos Salvajes MTY19Auténticos Tigres UANL6Monterrey[140]
September 11, 1971Acción Deportiva' Borregos Salvajes MTYMexico City
September 18, 1971Borregos Salvajes MTY40Búhos de Medicina-Biología12Mexico City[141]
October 23, 1971Borregos Salvajes MTY21Cóndores UNAM17Mexico City60,000[142]
December 11, 1971Borregos Salvajes MTY35Acción Deportiva20Mexico City55,000[143] [al]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    First intercollegiate football game played by a Mexican team.
  2. [b]
    This set the attendance record for a Mexican sporting event.
  3. [c]
    First night game played in Los Angeles.[16]
  4. [d]
    UNAM was alleged to have used an ineligible player, former Los Angeles high school star William Bell, in the game.[36][37] Converse quit his head coaching post in late Novemeber after winning the national title.[38]
  5. [e]
    UNAM's lone touchdown was scored by LaMarr Williams, an American exchange student from Arkansas.
  6. [f]
    UNAM led at halftime, 12–7.
  7. [g]
    The game was part of the Valley Mid-Winter Fair.
  8. [h]
    The second and third source are both from the United Press, but give different attendance figures.
  9. [i]
    Doc Blanchard and Arnold Tucker both suited up for Randolph Field, though Blanchard injured his ankle on the opening kickoff.
  10. [j]
    This game was the inaugural Silver Bowl, marking the first bowl game involving a Mexican team, which consisted of an intercollegiate all-star squad. Doc Blanchard and Arnold Tucker once again both suited up for Randolph Field, scoring all three of their team's touchdowns.
  11. [k]
    The score is alternatively reported as 40–0.[85]
  12. [l]
    This game was the second annual Silver Bowl. The Pacific Fleet team, coached by former All-American Bill Busik, was described as being "composed of players from the destroyer forces in the Pacific and the Hawaiian All-Stars. The combined team won the championship of the Pacific area."[86][87]
  13. [m]
    The squads of CETYS Mexicali and CETYS Tijuana were combined for the preseason.
  14. [n]
    This was the inaugural game played by Ottawa (AZ).
  15. [o]
    The squads of CETYS Mexicali and CETYS Tijuana were combined for the preseason.
  16. [p]
    A later source reported the score as 43–6.
  17. [q]
    Second of two games played by UNAM that day, with the first being against the Borregos Salvajes Monterrey
  18. [r]
    The game was scheduled to be part of the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago. In a formal statement, Mississippi College athletic director Stanley L. Robinson said: "Mississippi college fears that neglect of exposition authorities in this matter will have a tendency to injure the cordial relations which have existed between the two schools for the past several years."[118]
  19. [s]
    This game was scheduled to be the first half of a home-and-home series between the two schools.
  20. [t]
    The Mexican government declared a three-day period of mourning after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, cancelling the game.
  21. [u]
    The Mexican Athletic club was "recruited from former American prep school and college players" living in Mexico.
  22. [v]
    Former Cornell captain Cristobal Martínez-Zorilla suffered a career-ending knee injury during the game. José Martínez-Zorilla also suited up for Centro Venustiano Carranza. The score is alternatively reported as 13–7.
  23. [w]
    First ever game played in the state of Nuevo León. Gatos Negros was the first-ever club formed in the state.
  24. [x]
    First game ever played between two teams from Nuevo León. Pieles Rojas were the second team formed in the state.
  25. [y]
    All-Monterrey squad combining the best players from the Gatos Negros and the Pieles Rojas.
  26. [z]
    First-ever game played by UANL.
  27. [aa]
    First of three games comprising the First State Championship of American Football.
  28. [ab]
    Second of three games comprising the First State Championship of American Football.
  29. [ac]
    Final game of the First State Championship of American Football.
  30. [ad]
    First-ever Clásico Regio estudiantil
  31. [ae]
    Inauguration of the Estadio Olímpico
  32. [af]
    The score is alternatively reported as 9–0 with an attendance of 40,000. It was the first American football night game played at the new Estadio Olímpico de la Ciudad de los Deportes.[134]
  33. [ag]
    Upon their first win over the Gatos Negros, the Cachorros were re-christened as the "Tigres" by sportswriter "Toni" Corona, who wrote that the team had turned from cubs into "tigers hungry for the victory".
  34. [ah]
    El juego del siglo. First national title for MCC.
  35. [ai]
    Inauguration of the Estadio Olímpico Universitario
  36. [aj]
    First of two games played by UNAM that day, with the second being against the University of Havana
  37. [ak]
    First Liga Mayor game for Águilas Reales UNAM
  38. [al]
    First national title for the Borregos Salvajes Monterrey

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