1892 Crescent Athletic Club football team
The 1892 Crescent Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Crescent Athletic Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1892 college football season. The team played its home games at Eastern Park in Brooklyn, compiled a 2–3–1 record, and won the AFU championship. Harry Beecher, who played for Yale from 1884 to 1887, was the Crescent team's quarterback and captain.[1]
| 1892 Crescent Athletic Club football | |
|---|---|
AFU champion | |
| Conference | American Football Union |
| 1892 record | 2–3–1 (2–0 AFU) |
| Captain | Harry Beecher |
| Home stadium | Eastern Park |
| 1892 American Football Union football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crescent Athletic Club $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Orange Athletic Club | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York Athletic Club | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | - | – | - | – | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 8 | Yale* | L 0–28 | 3,000 | [2] | |||
| October 15 | Penn* |
| L 0–23 | [3] | |||
| October 22 | Princeton* |
| L 0–42 | [4] | |||
| October 29 | at Orange Athletic Club |
| W 14–0 | [5] | |||
| November 5 | Chicago Athletic Association* |
| T 4–4 | 2,000 | [6] | ||
| November 12 | New York Athletic Club |
| W 20–0 | [7] | |||
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References
- "Beecher Coaches Yale: The Crescent Captain on the New Haven Field". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 16, 1892. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Crescents Play Well And Give Great Trouble to the Yale Giants". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 9, 1892. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Played Good Foot Ball: Pennsylvania 'Varsity Team's Excellent Showing". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 16, 1892. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Play Fine Foot Ball: Princetons' One Sided Contest With Crescent Kickers". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 23, 1892. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Blue Day for Orange: The Crescent Foot Ball Eleven Whips Their Team". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 30, 1892. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Tooth and Nail: The Crescent and Chicago Elevens Play a Tight Game". The Brooklyn Citizen. November 6, 1892. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- "A New York Waterloo: Crescent's Victory Keeps the Union Pennant in Brooklyn". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 13, 1892. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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