1889 Orange Athletic Club football team

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1889 Orange Athletic Club football
ConferenceAmerican Football Union
Record6–3 (3–2 AFU)
Home stadiumGrove Street grounds
Seasons
← 1888
1890 →
1889 American Football Union standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Crescent Athletic Club $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Orange Athletic Club 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
New York Athletic Club 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Staten Island Athletic Club 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 5 – 0

The 1889 Orange Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Orange Athletic Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1889 college football season. The team played its home games at the Grove Street grounds in East Orange, New Jersey, and compiled a 6–3 record.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October Stevens*W 6–0[1]
October 12at Staten Island Athletic ClubWest New Brighton, Staten IslandW 24–0[2]
October 19at New York Athletic Club
W 10–0[3]
October 26Crescent Athletic Club
  • Grove Street grounds
  • East Orange, NJ
L 0–22[4]
November 2Staten Island Athletic Club*
  • Grove Street grounds
  • East Orange, NJ
W 62–0[1]
November 5Flushing Athletic Club*
  • Grove Street grounds
  • East Orange, NJ
W 12–0800[5]
November 9New York Athletic Club
  • Grove Street grounds
  • East Orange, NJ
Postponed by rain[6]
November 16at Crescent Athletic Club
L 0–6300[7]
November 23at Princeton*Princeton, NJL 6–54[8]
November 30New York Athletic Club
  • Grove Street grounds
  • East Orange, NJ
W 10–0500[9]
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b P.S. Luchter. "Orange Athletic Club All-Time Football Records". Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Orange Players Win on Staten Island". New York Tribune. October 13, 1889. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Games in the Amateur Football Series". New York Tribune. October 20, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "American Foot Ball Union: The Crescents Badly Defeat the Orange Athletic Club Players". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 27, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Other Football Games". The Brooklyn Citizen. November 6, 1889. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Football Notes". The Sun. November 20, 1889. p. 4. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  7. ^ "Goal Kicked None Too Soon: The Crescents Win From Orange After a Hard Struggle". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 17, 1889. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Princeton Easily Defeats Orange". The Sun. November 24, 1889. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Orange Defeats the New Yorks". The Sun. December 1, 1889. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
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