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The game was played at the Polo Grounds in New York City, on November 15, 1913. The Indians won, 35-10. There are six Bain/LOC photos of the game posted on Flickr. Here's another one of them:

The Indians won, 35-10. The game was played at the Polo Grounds, in New York City. Here's another Bain/LOC game photo:

Although not a college, the Carlisle (PA) Indian Industrial School had a football team from 1895 until 1917, and occasionally played the "Big Three" college football teams of that era -- Harvard, Yale and Princeton -- as well as Pennsylvania. The "Indians" never beat Yale or Princeton, but they were victorious over Harvard once or twice, and several times conquered Penn.

Wikipedia has this person: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodchuck_Welmas "Philip J. Welmas was the name of a Native American professional football player in the early National Football League. He played in 4 games with the Oorang Indians for the 1923 season. He ended his professional career after the Indians disbanded in 1923. Woodchuck attended college and played college football at the Carlisle Indian School located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania."

Edward Vielmetti: Thanks. We'll include some of this info. in the record next time we update.

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