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The football season opened for most schools during the first week of October, and the impact of the forward pass was immediate: 1  On October 3, 1906, the Des Moines Daily News reported probably the first use of the long forward pass in the University of Missouri's 23â4 win over Kirksville Normal School.
1 In 1986, the three-point field goal is introduced with the three-point line set at 19 feet, 9 inches from the center of the basket. 2  Bevo Francis set a record in 1954 by scoring 113 points in a single game for the University of Rio Grande. 3  Pistol Pete Maravich is college basketball's all-time leading scorer.