The Tufts Jumbos football program represents

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. ...

in the sport of

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. The team competes in

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of the

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(NCAA) and the

New England Small College Athletic Conference The New England Small Collegiate Athletic Conference (NESCAC) is an American collegiate athletic conference comprising sports teams from eleven highly selective liberal arts institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. ...

(NESCAC). The team's head coach is Jay Civetti, who has led the Jumbos since 2011. The team has played since the 1874–75 season. The Tufts football team played its first game on June 4, 1875 against Harvard, which Tufts won by a score of 1–0. This game is considered the first game of

between two American colleges, with each team fielding 11 men, the ball being advanced by kicking or carrying it, and tackles of the ball carrier stopping play. Tufts plays its home game at

Ellis Oval The Tufts Jumbos are the varsity intercollegiate athletic programs of Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts. The Jumbos compete at NCAA Division III level as member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). Like all Divi ...

, located on the campus in Medford, Massachusetts. One Tufts player,

William Grinnell William Gordon "Johnny" Grinnell (December 29, 1909 – June 26, 1997) was an American football player and coach. He played football at Tufts University from 1932 to 1934. He was the head football coach at Northeastern University from 1946 to 194 ...

, has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

History

Seasons

Team records from 1875 to 2020. Tuft college football team 1875

Individual accomplishments

College Football Hall of Fame inductees

In 1951, the College Football Hall of Fame opened in

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. Since then, Tufts has had 1 player inducted into the Hall of Fame.

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