1892 Orange Athletic Club football team

The 1892 Orange Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Orange Athletic Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1892 college football season.[1] The AFU in 1892 consisted of three amateur football teams – the Orange Athletic Club, the New York Athletic Club from Manhattan, and the Crescent Athletic Club from Brooklyn. The Orange team played its home games at the Orange Oval in East Orange, New Jersey, compiled a 4–4–4 record (1–1 against AFU opponents), and played against some of the best teams in the country, losing to Yale 58 to 0 and Princeton 23 to 0. On December 17th, the OAC faced the Varuna Boat Club of Bay Ridge in one of the most well-known sport venues in the United States, Madison Square Garden.

1892 Orange Athletic Club football
ConferenceAmerican Football Union
1892 record4–4–1 (1–1 AFU)
Home stadiumOrange Oval
1892 American Football Union football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 1Stevens*
T 4–41,000–1,500
October 8Rutgers*
  • Orange Oval
  • Orange, NJ
W 22–10900–1,000
October 15Lehigh*
  • Orange Oval
  • Orange, NJ
W 8–42,000
October 22Yale*
  • Orange Oval
  • Orange, NJ
L 0–582,000–3,000
October 29Crescent Athletic Club
  • Orange Oval
  • Orange, NJ
L 0–14
November 5New York Athletic Club
  • Orange Oval
  • Orange, NJ
W 18–6
November 8Princeton*
  • Orange Oval
  • Orange, NJ
L 0–232,500–3,000
November 12Lafayette*L 12–16
December 17vs. Varuna Boat Club*
W 6–0
  • *Non-conference game
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References
  1. "Orange Athletic Club All-Time Football Records". www.luckyshow.org. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
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