The 1897 École des Beaux-Arts vs. Académie Julian football game was a college football game between American students of the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Julian, played on Thanksgiving Day November 25, 1897 at 2:30 pm in Levallois near Paris, France.
Considered the first American football game ever played in Europe.
[1][2][3][4][5][6] The game was promoted by Robert D. Farquhar and was played on the grounds owned by the Racing Club de France.
[7] The teams were to consist of American students, mostly architects, lived in Paris.
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