1894 Crescent Athletic Club football team

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1894 Crescent Athletic Club football
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1894 Crescent Athletic Club football team
ConferenceAmerican Football Union
1894 record2–7 ( AFU)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge B. Pratt
Home stadiumEastern Park
Seasons
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The 1894 Crescent Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Crescent Athletic Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1894 college football season. The team played its home games at Eastern Park in Brooklyn and compiled a 2–7 record. Harry Beecher was the official coach of the team, assisted by Duncan Edwards, Wyllys Terry, William H. Ford, and William Bull. George B. Pratt, formerly of Amherst College, was the team captain.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6at Yale*
L 0–103,000[2]
October 10at Penn*Philadelphia, PAL 0–221,500[3]
October 13Stevens*
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 34–0[4]
October 20Penn
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 10–18[5][6]
October 27Rutgers
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 20–4[7]
November 3Amherst
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 0–6[8]
November 6Cornell
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 0–223,000[9][10]
November 10Boston Athletic Association
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 0–22[11]
November 17Orange Athletic Club
L L 8-16[12]
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "Crescent Men at Work". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 19, 1894. p. 2.
  2. ^ "On the Gridiron: Yale Surprised at the Crescent Team's Strength". The Brooklyn Citizen. October 7, 1894. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Pennsylvania Downs Crescent". The Philadelphia Times. October 11, 1894. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "The Crescents Had a Picnic With the Football Eleven of the Stevens Institute". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 14, 1894. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Shook Them Up: Crescent Kickers Surprise University of Pa. Players". The Brooklyn Citizen. October 21, 1894. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "The Crescent-Pennsy Game". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 21, 1894. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Easy for the Crescents: Pigskin Punters From Rutgers Beaten 20 to 4". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 28, 1894. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Crescents Outbucked: Amherst's 'Varsity Kickers Bang the Brooklyn Boys About". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 4, 1894. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Cornell, 22; Crescent, 0". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. November 7, 1894. p. 6. Retrieved April 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  10. ^ "Sharp Work By Cornell Wins the Day From Crescent by 22 to 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 7, 1894. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Orange Food for the Beaneaters". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 11, 1894. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Lost the Eagle Cup Again: Crescents Defeated by Orange in a Hard Fought Game". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 18, 1894. pp. 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
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