[3] Tufts plays its home game at Ellis Oval, located on the campus in Medford, Massachusetts.

The team's head coach is Jay Civetti, who has led the Jumbos since 2011.

This game is considered the first game of American football 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.

[10] One Tufts player, William Grinnell (1909–1997), a varsity member during the 1930s, has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

[12] [15][16][17] In 1951, the College Football Hall of Fame opened in South Bend, Indiana.