Editor’s note: For complete 150th anniversary of college football coverage, read all 15 essays on the evolution of the sport by Michael Weinreb and all 15 guides to the best of each decade by Matt Brown here.



College football is officially 150 years old.



On Nov. 6, 1869, students from Rutgers and Princeton played the first college football game … though it was more like 25 men per side playing a rough game of soccer. Regardless of the format, the events that day set in motion the rapid growth and evolution of the sport to what we know it as today.



All offseason, The Athletic celebrated the impending 150th anniversary with a decade-by-decade guide to essential storylines and the best players, games, teams and coaches. To put a bow on our 150th anniversary coverage, it’s time for the difficult task of picking the best of the best from the all-decade teams to form two All-Time All-America teams.



To truly make this an all-time team,...