1888 Crescent Athletic Club football team
American college football season
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The 1888 Crescent Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Crescent Athletic Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1888 college football season. The team compiled a 6â2 record (6â0 against AFU opponents), won the AFU championship, and played its home games at Crescent Athletic Club grounds in Brooklyn.[2]
ConferenceAmerican Football Union
Record6â2 (6â0 AFU)
CaptainW. Ford [1]
HomestadiumCrescent Athletic grounds
| 1888 Crescent Athletic Club football | |
|---|---|
AFU champion | |
| Conference | American Football Union |
| Record | 6â2 (6â0 AFU) |
| Captain | W. Ford [1] |
| Home stadium | Crescent Athletic grounds |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crescent Athletic Club $ | 6 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Orange Athletic Club | 3 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 3 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York Athletic Club | 1 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 1 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Staten Island Cricket Club | 0 | â | 5 | â | 0 | 0 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 6 | Princeton* |
| L 0â31 | [3] | |||
| October 13 | New York Athletic Club |
| W 52â0 | [4] | |||
| October 20 | Staten Island Cricket Club |
| W 10â2 | 700 | [5][6] | ||
| October 27 | Orange Athletic Club |
| W 34â6 | [7][8] | |||
| November 3 | at New York Athletic Club | W 30â0 | [9] | ||||
| November 6 | Yale* |
| L 0â28 | [10] | |||
| November 10 | Staten Island Cricket Club | W (forfeit) | [11] | ||||
| November 29 | Orange Athletic Club | W 25â0 | [12] | ||||
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Consolidated team schedule
The consolidated team of the Crescent Athletic Club was also known as the Brooklyn Football Club, and played as such in their contests against the Alerts of New York on October 20 and the October 27 match against Flushing Athletic Club.
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 6 | Alerts of New York |
| W (forfeit) | [13] |
| October 12 or 14 | Bedford Athletic Club |
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| October 20 | Alerts of New York |
| W 18â0 | [14] |
| October 27 | at Flushing Athletic Club |
| W 6â0 | [15] |
| November 3 | Unions of Columbia College |
| W 6â4 | [16] |
| November 6 | Flushing Athletic Club |
| W 12â0 | [17] |