Template:Did you know nominations/Georgetown football, 1874–1889

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst talk 16:02, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Georgetown football, 1874–1889

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• ... that the 1874 Georgetown football team included two "football censors" – a position whose roles are unknown? Source: "The first attempts at organizing football on campus came in 1874. A meeting of students held on November 1 of that year named a committee of 15 to form a football association. This committee elected a president, vice president, secretary-treasurer and two censors. Exactly what a football censor did in 1874, the College Journal does not explain."
  • ALT1: ... that the first game in Georgetown football history was never played? Source: see hoyasaxa and HoyaFootball.com, which lists the earliest game results - their first scheduled game in 1881 was a forfeit win because their opponent didn't show up
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  • Comment: Nominating one day late due to waiting for the AFD to close.

Created by BeanieFan11 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:14, 3 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Georgetown football, 1874–1889; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Article was newly written before it was nominated and is long enough and has sources where they're needed. Neutrally written, Earwig detects shared text but they are quotes that are attributed. I'd rather you rewrote the according to HoyaSaxa.com than copy that. Hooks are interesting. Sources indicate that Georgetown's first game was forfeited. Problem with that hook is that the HoyaFootball source is the only one there and all it says is that Georgetown beat Alexandria, 2-0. It doesn't say the game wasn't played. Censors hook is solid. – Muboshgu (talk) 04:24, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
  • @Muboshgu: Rewrote that one part; as for the HoyaFootball source, it has a note at the bottom that says Forfeit win, Alexandria team did not appear (2-0 is a score that was often used to indicate forfeit). BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:24, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
    • You're right, it does say that at the bottom of that page. Thanks for rewriting that one line. Good to go. – Muboshgu (talk) 03:07, 4 March 2024 (UTC)