resulted in a 22-8 victory, setting off a "wild celebration" with a parade by the band, bonfires, and ringing of all the bells. That first-ever collegiate game for S.A.C. In 1897, Connecticut and Rhode Island met on a neutral field in New London.Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island joined together for the purpose of scheduling regular meetings in football and baseball. The history of intercollegiate football at Connecticut dates to 1896 with the formation of the Athletic League of New England State Colleges.Baseball was playing informal contests by 1891 and football was launched in 1893 (a game against Rhode Island Agricultural College, on a field where Gulley Hall now stands, ended in a squabble).Athletics got its start on campus in Storrs in the 1890s, a time that physical fitness was being discovered as a vital aid to personal development.In 1931, the school was renamed Connecticut State College (C.S.C.) and in 1939 C.S.C. In 1899 another name change to Connecticut Agricultural College (C.A.C.). In 1893 women were officially admitted to the school for the first time and the institution's name changed to Storrs Agricultural College (S.A.C.). The institution we now know as the University of Connecticut was founded in 1881 when Charles and Augustus Storrs donated 170 acres for the Storrs Agricultural School (S.A.S.). University of Connecticut Athletics History: 1890s - 2018
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