1895 Crescent Athletic Club football team

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1895 Crescent Athletic Club football
AFU champion
ConferenceAmerican Football Union
Record8–2–1 (4–0 AFU)
CaptainW. D. Hotchkiss
Home stadiumEastern Park
Seasons
← 1894
1896 →
1895 Athletic Club football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Entre Nous AA   –   09 – 1 – 0
Pittsburgh AC   –   07 – 1 – 2
Crescent AC   –   08 – 2 – 1
Greensburg AA   –   08 – 2 – 1
Chicago AA   –   10 – 3 – 1
Elmira AC   –   06 – 2 – 0
Illinois CC   –   06 – 2 – 0
New Jersey AC   –   05 – 3 – 0
Orange AC   –   06 – 4 – 1
Duquesne CAC   –   04 – 3 – 1
Noblesville AC   –   03 – 3 – 2
Newton AA   –   04 – 4 – 1
Louisville AC   –   02 – 4 – 0
Hyde Park AA   –   00 – 3 – 2
Syracuse AA   –   01 – 5 – 0

The 1895 Crescent Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Crescent Athletic Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1895 college football season. The team played its home games at Eastern Park in Brooklyn and compiled an 8–2–1 record and claimed the AFU championship.

Crescent was scheduled to play the Orange Athletic Club for the AFU championship on November 16, but Orange objected to Phil King playing for the Crescents on grounds that he had previously been paid to coach for Princeton and was therefore not an amateur.[1] The Crescents denied the Orange contention that King was disqualified under the AFU rules.[2] The Orange club scheduled a game with Yale on the day that had been set with the Crescents. On the date set for the game, the Crescents appeared on the field without an opponent, ran one play for a touchdown, and claimed a disputed UFA championship.[3][4]

W. D. Hotchkiss, a former player at Williams College, was the team captain and played at the center position. Other key players included Phil King and Harry Beecher at quarterback, Juan Smith at halfback, and Billy Ohl at fullback.[5][6]

During the season, most of the players lived at the Crescent Athletic Club's clubhouse and ate at the clubhouse's training table.[7] The new clubhouse opened in mid-October 1985. It was a four-story building with reading and smoking rooms, grill room, and offices on the first floor; card, chess and billiard rooms on the second floor; dining rooms on the third floor; and gymnasium with domed ceiling on the fourth floor.[8]

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Elizabeth Athletic Club
W 14–0[9][10]
October 5New York YMCA*
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn
W 28–4[11][12]
October 9Penn
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 0–32< 500[13][14]
October 12Yale*
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 2–8[15]
October 19Amherst*
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 20–0[16]
October 26Williams*
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 43–02,000[17]
November 2New Jersey Athletic Club
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 28–0[18]
November 53:20 p.m.Brown*
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 16–0[19]
November 9Boston Athletic Association*
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
T 0–02,000[20]
November 16Orange Athletic Club
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 4–0 (disputed forfeit)[3]
November 16Elizabeth Athletic Club
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 14–0[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Crescent-Orange Debate". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 10, 1895. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Crescent's Statement". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 11, 1895. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c "Scored a Formal Touchdown: Crescent Claims the Championship and Eagle Cup". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 17, 1895. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "The Orange Side of It". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 12, 1895. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "For the Eagle Foot Ball Cup: Brooklyn Crescents and Orange Athletic Club to Contend". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 8, 1895. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Rivals for the Eagle Cup: Crescent and Orange Foot Ball Teams Want Permanent Possession". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 22, 1895. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Crescents Lining Up: Good Practice Work at the Bay Ridge Grounds". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 25, 1895. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Crescents' New Club House". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 13, 1895. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "First Foot Ball Game: Line Up of the Teams at Eastern Park Tomorrow". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 27, 1895. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Crescent's First Victory: An Easy Win From Elizabeth Athletic Team". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 29, 1895. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Crescents vs. Y.M.C.A." The Brooklyn Times. October 4, 1895. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Crescents Scored Against: Light Weight Y.M.C.A. Team Made a Touchdown". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 6, 1895. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "The Crescents Shut Out: University of Pennsylvania Scored 32 Points". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 10, 1895. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Penn Shuts Out the Crescents". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 10, 1895. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Crescents Surprise Yale". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 13, 1895. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Crescent's Easy Victory: Brooklyn's Crack Team Shuts Out Amherst College". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 20, 1895. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Crescents' Fine Playing: Williams College Snowed Under an Avalanche of Touchdowns". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 27, 1895. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Easy Game for Crescent: They Defeat the N.J.A.C. Team by a Score of 28 to 0". The Brooklyn Citizen. November 3, 1895. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Crescent's Great Game: Brown Collegians Outplayed at Eastern Park". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 6, 1895. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Neither Side Able To Score: Crescent Meets a Tartar in the Boston A.A." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 10, 1895. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
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