1893 Chicago Athletic Association football team

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1893 Chicago Athletic Association football
LeagueIndependent
Record8–0
Manager
  • Harry Cornish[1] (1st year)
Captain
  • Herbert Alward
Home fieldWorld's Fair Stock Pavilion and South Side Park
Seasons
← 1892
1894 →

The 1893 Chicago Athletic Association football team represented the Chicago Athletic Association, or C. A. A., during the 1893 college football season. In Harry Cornish's first year as manager of the athletic club, CAA compiled an undefeated 8–0 record, and outscored their opponents 90 to 8.[2] The team played its home games on Chicago's South Side: four at the World's Fair Stock Pavilion in Jackson Park and one at South Side Park (II).

Schedule[edit]

Chicago Tribune sketch of the November 30 game against Boston Athletic Association at South Side Park
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
August 269:20 p.m.West Point "picked" team
W 14–0[3][4][note 1]
September 9Detroit Athletic Club
  • World's Fair Stock Pavilion
  • Chicago, IL
W 16–0
September 18New York Athletic Club
  • World's Fair Stock Pavilion
  • Chicago, IL
W 6–0
October 3Denver Athletic Club
  • World's Fair Stock Pavilion
  • Chicago, IL
W 10–0
October 14vs. Wisconsin
W 22–0
October 18at Boston Athletic AssociationBoston, MACancelled [5]
October 21BeloitBeloit, WICancelled [6]
October 28at Illinois
W 10–4
November 4at Allegheny Athletic Association
W 4–0[7]
November 11vs. KansasKansas City, MOCancelled [1]
November 25MissouriChicago, ILCancelled [1]
November 25at MinnesotaMinneapolis, MNCancelled [8][note 2]
November 30Boston Athletic Association
W 8–4

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ One of the first night games in football history. The West Point band made the trip to Chicago to perform for onlookers in a highly social event at the 1893 Chicago World' Fair.
  2. ^ The game was cancelled because the Minnesota team had disbanded for the season.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Dates for Football Filled". The Inter Ocean. October 22, 1893. p. 8. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "Team Records Game by Game". September 11, 2015. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "Chicago Athletics and West Point Cadets Contest This Evening". The Inter Ocean. August 26, 1893. p. 5. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  4. ^ "Football By Night". Chicago Tribune. August 27, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  5. ^ "Miscellaneous". Boston Evening Transcript. August 9, 1893. p. 8. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  6. ^ "Champaign Is Flying Light". The Inter Ocean. October 21, 1893. p. 6. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  7. ^ "A Glorious Game". The Pittsburgh Post. November 5, 1893. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Minnesota Will Not Play Here". Chicago Tribune. November 23, 1893. p. 7. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
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