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The "Birthplace of College Football'' sign inside High Point Solutions Stadium, pictured here from last summer, has been removed.

(Keith Sargeant/NJ.com)

PISCATAWAY -- Rutgers officials have taken down the letters spelling out "The Birthplace of College Football,'' and the fixture that signifies the Scarlet Knights' place in college football history is expected to be placed in new location in High Point Solution Stadium, a school official said Tuesday.

The Rutgers football slogan, a tribute to the first intercollegiate football game played between Rutgers and Princeton on Nov. 6, 1869, was removed from the north end-zone wall last week.

"The 'Birthplace of College Football' letters have been taken down and we are looking at new locations inside the stadium for a permanent spot,'' Jason Baum, Rutgers' senior associate athletic director for communications, said in a statement.

A new home for the "Birthplace'' letters has not been decided, Baum said.

A digital ribbon board, one of several High Point Solutions Stadium enhancements being done prior to the start of Rutgers' first Big Ten campaign, is expected to be set in its place on the north end zone blocks.

"We have new digital signage throughout the stadium which will allow 'The Birthplace' to be displayed throughout the stadium multiple times per game,'' Baum said.

The sign has been a fixture inside the football stadium since the late 1990s, according to former Rutgers athletics director Bob Mulcahy.

"I did it in one of my first couple of years because I wanted to have Rutgers recognized for its tradition,'' said Mulcahy, Rutgers' AD from 1998 through 2008. "I felt it was important to recognize that we were the birthplace of college football.''