1890 Crescent Athletic Club football team
American college football season
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The 1890 Crescent Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Crescent Athletic Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1890 college football season. The team compiled a 6â4 record (3â1 against AFU opponents) and played its home games at Washington Park in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and the Crescent Club grounds in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
ConferenceAmerican Football Union
Record6â4 (3â1 AFU)
CaptainWilliam H. Ford
HomestadiumWashington Park
| 1890 Crescent Athletic Club football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | American Football Union |
| Record | 6â4 (3â1 AFU) |
| Captain | William H. Ford |
| Home stadium | Washington Park |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crescent Athletic Club $ | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Orange Athletic Club | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York Athletic Club | 0 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William H. Ford was the team captain and center rush. Other key players included Harry Beecher at quarterback, Wyllys Terry at halfback, William T. Bull at fullback, and Henry J. Lamarche and Frederick J. Vernon in the rush line.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 27 | at Stevens* | W 64â0 | [2] | ||||
| October 4 | Yale* | L 6â18 | 4,000 | [3] | |||
| October 18 | Princeton* |
| L 0â12 | 3,000 | [4][5] | ||
| October 25 | at New York Athletic Club |
| W 36â0 | [6] | |||
| November 1 | Columbia* |
| W 29â0 | [7] | |||
| November 4 | Yale* |
| L 0â52 | 8,000 | [8] | ||
| November 8 | at Orange Athletic Club | Orange, NJ | L 5â8 | [9] | |||
| November 15 | New York Athletic Club |
| W 40â8 | [10] | |||
| November 29 | at Cleveland* | W 10â0 | [11] | ||||
| December 6 | Orange Athletic Club |
| W 14â0 | 550 | [12] | ||
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