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The 1889 Staten Island Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Staten Island Athletic Club of West Brighton, which was likely a different organization than the Staten Island Cricket Club, in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1889 college football season. The athletic club originally played on a pre-determined AFU schedule, but after its resignation from the league on November 1, the remaining games were no longer mandatory. However, they still continued to play league opponents for the remainder of the season, sticking to the original schedule to not disarrange the schedule for the rest of the schools in the union. The team finished its season with a 0–6 record, and did not score a single point against another opponent, losing by a total of 232 to 0.
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- ↑ "Athletic News In Brief". The New York Times. 1890-10-02. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ↑ "With the Leather Ovoid". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 26, 1890. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Orange Too Strong For New York". The Sun. 1890-11-02. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ↑ "Athletic News In Brief". The New York Times. 1890-10-02. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ↑ "The Crescents Down a Scratch Team of the New York Athletic Club". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 16, 1890. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "The New Yorks Were Not In It". The Sun. 1890-11-23. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ↑ "Football games played at The Polo Grounds, New York". www.luckyshow.org. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
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