The First Game is a painting by Arnold Friberg, and was commissioned in 1968 by Chevrolet Motor Division as one of four paintings to commemorate the then-upcoming centennial celebration of college football in the United States.

The game was played in front of 100 spectators, depicted in the picture in the background.

Rutgers players wear a headscarf that resembles a piracy-style.

The field is covered by dry leaves, as usual in November, when the game was played.

Spectators depicted include a Rutgers professor who is reported to have waved his umbrella at the participants while yelling, "You will come to no Christian end!