| 1889 Orange Athletic Club football | |
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| Conference | American Football Union |
| Record | 6–3 (3–2 AFU) |
| Home stadium | Grove Street grounds |
| Seasons← 18881890 → | |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crescent Athletic Club $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Orange Athletic Club | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York Athletic Club | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Staten Island Athletic Club | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1889 Orange Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Orange Athletic Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1889 college football season. The team played its home games at the Grove Street grounds in East Orange, New Jersey, and compiled a 6–3 record.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October | Stevens* | W 6–0 | |||||
| October 12 | at Staten Island Athletic Club | West New Brighton, Staten Island | W 24–0 | ||||
| October 19 | at New York Athletic Club | W 10–0 | |||||
| October 26 | Crescent Athletic Club |
| L 0–22 | ||||
| November 2 | Staten Island Athletic Club* |
| W 62–0 | ||||
| November 5 | Flushing Athletic Club* |
| W 12–0 | 800 | |||
| November 9 | New York Athletic Club |
| Postponed by rain | ||||
| November 16 | at Crescent Athletic Club | L 0–6 | 300 | ||||
| November 23 | at Princeton* | Princeton, NJ | L 6–54 | ||||
| November 30 | New York Athletic Club |
| W 10–0 | 500 | |||
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References
- ^ P.S. Luchter. "Orange Athletic Club All-Time Football Records". Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- "Orange Players Win on Staten Island". New York Tribune. October 13, 1889. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Games in the Amateur Football Series". New York Tribune. October 20, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- "American Foot Ball Union: The Crescents Badly Defeat the Orange Athletic Club Players". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 27, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Other Football Games". The Brooklyn Citizen. November 6, 1889. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Football Notes". The Sun. November 20, 1889. p. 4. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- "Goal Kicked None Too Soon: The Crescents Win From Orange After a Hard Struggle". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 17, 1889. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Princeton Easily Defeats Orange". The Sun. November 24, 1889. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Orange Defeats the New Yorks". The Sun. December 1, 1889. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
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