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1885 Cincinnati football team

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1885 Cincinnati football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–0–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainArch Carson
Seasons
1886 →
1885 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton     9 0 0
Michigan     3 0 0
Colorado College     1 0 0
Yale     7 1 0
Cincinnati     1 0 1
Penn     8 5 0
Lafayette     3 2 1
Massachusetts     3 2 1
Johns Hopkins     2 2 0
Richmond     1 1 0
Wesleyan     3 4 0
Navy     1 2 0
Lehigh     1 5 1
Rutgers     0 1 0
Fordham     0 3 0

The 1885 Cincinnati football team was an American football team that represented the University of Cincinnati as an independent during the 1885 college football season. The team compiled a 1–0–1 record. Arch Carson was the team captain. The team had no head coach].[1][2] In its inaugural season of college football, Cincinnati played two games against the Mount Auburn Athletic Club team with the games three weeks apart.[3]

Cincinnati did not play its first intercollegiate football game until three years later in December 1888.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResult
October 23Mount Auburn Athletic ClubCincinnati, OHT 0–0
November 14Mount Auburn Athletic ClubCincinnati, OHW 26–6

References

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  1. ^ "Cincinnati Yearly Results (1885-1889)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 23, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2009 University of Cincinnati Football Media Guide" (PDF). gobearcats.com. University of Cincinnati. 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  3. ^ Katzowitz, Josh (2009). Bearcats rising : rags to Division I riches : how a gridiron minority bludgeons its way into the big time. Wilmington, Ohio: Orange Frazer Press. p. 58. ISBN 9781933197654.