1893 Chicago Athletic Association football team

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1893 Chicago Athletic Association football
ConferenceIndependent
1893 record8–0
Head coach
  • Mr. Alward, Harry Cornish[1] (1st season)
Home stadiumCAA field
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 with the athletic club, CAA compiled an undefeated 8–0 record, and outscored their opponents 90 to 8.[2] The team played its home games at CAA Field, located on the corner of 35th Street and Wentworth Avenue, in Chicago.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
August 269:20 p.m.West Point "picked" team
W 14–0[3][4][note 1]
September 9Detroit Athletic ClubW 16–0
September 18New York Athletic ClubW 6–0
October 3Denver Athletic ClubW 10–0
October 14vs. WisconsinMilwaukee, WIW 22–0
October 18at Boston Athletic AssociationBoston, MACancelled [5]
October 21BeloitBeloit, WICancelled [6]
October 28IllinoisChicago, ILW 10–4
November 4Allegheny Athletic AssociationPittsburgh, PAW 4–0
November 11vs. KansasKansas City, MOCancelled [1]
November 25Missouri
  • CAA field
  • Chicago, IL
Cancelled [1]
November 25MinnesotaMinneapolis, MNCancelled [7][note 2]
November 30Boston Athletic AssociationChicago, ILW 8–4

Notes[]

  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[]

  1. ^ a b c "Dates for Football Filled". The Inter Ocean. 1893-10-22. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  2. ^ "Team Records Game by Game". 2015-09-11. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  3. ^ "Chicago Athletics and West Point Cadets Contest This Evening". The Inter Ocean. 1893-08-26. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  4. ^ "Football By Night". Chicago Tribune. 1893-08-27. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  5. ^ "Miscellaneous". Boston Evening Transcript. 1893-08-09. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  6. ^ "Champaign Is Flying Light". The Inter Ocean. 1893-10-21. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  7. ^ "Minnesota Will Not Play Here". Chicago Tribune. 1893-11-23. p. 7. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
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