1890 New York Athletic Club football team

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1890 New York Athletic Club football
Conference American Football Union
Record1–5 (0–4 AFU)
CaptainC. T. Schlesinger [1]
Home stadium Polo Grounds
Seasons
  1889
1891 
1890 American Football Union standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Crescent Athletic Club $ 3 1 06 4 0
Orange Athletic Club 3 1 05 4 1
New York Athletic Club 0 4 01 5 0

The 1890 New York Athletic Club football team was an American club football team that represented the New York Athletic Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1890 football season. The New York team played their home games at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 253:00 p.m. Crescent Athletic Club L 0–36300 [2]
November 1 Orange Athletic Club
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 0–6 [3]
November 8Staten Island Athletic Club
W (forfeit) [4]
November 15at Crescent Athletic ClubL 8–40 [5]
November 22at Orange Athletic ClubL 0–28500 [6]
November 26Manhattan Athletic Club
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 6–16 or 14 [7]

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References

  1. "Athletic News In Brief". The New York Times. October 2, 1890. p. 3. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  2. "With the Leather Ovoid". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 26, 1890. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Orange Too Strong For New York". The Sun. November 2, 1890. p. 5. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  4. "Athletic News In Brief". The New York Times. October 2, 1890. p. 3. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  5. "The Crescents Down a Scratch Team of the New York Athletic Club". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 16, 1890. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "The New Yorks Were Not In It". The Sun. November 23, 1890. p. 8. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  7. "Football games played at The Polo Grounds, New York". www.luckyshow.org. Retrieved September 5, 2020.