1888 Staten Island Cricket Club football team
Appearance
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Conference | American Football Union |
Record | 0–5 (0–5 AFU) |
Captain | Harry Beecher (quarterback) |
Home stadium | Staten Island A. C. grounds |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Crescent Athletic Club $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Orange Athletic Club | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New York Athletic Club | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Staten Island Cricket Club | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1888 Staten Island Cricket Club football team was an American football team that represented the Staten Island Cricket Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1888 college football season. The Staten Island team played its home games in Staten Island, New York, and compiled a 3–3–1 record (3–2–1 against AFU opponents).
The team was captained by Harry Beecher, a star quarterback and captain of the Yale Bulldogs in 1887, and a major proponent of their championship in the same year.
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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October 13 | Orange Athletic Club |
| L 0–4 | 600 | [1][2] |
October 20 | Crescent Athletic Club |
| L 2–10 | 500–700 | [3] |
October 27 | New York Athletic Club | L (forfeit) | [4] | ||
November 3 | Orange Athletic Club |
| L 4–10 | [5] | |
November 10 | Crescent Athletic Club |
| L (forfeit) | [6] | |
November 17 | New York Athletic Club |
| Unknown |
Second team schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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November 3 | Columbia Grammar School |
| L 0–21 | [7] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Football At Staten Island". The Brooklyn Citizen. October 14, 1888. p. 3. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ^ "Football". The Sun. October 14, 1888. p. 17. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ^ "Games of Football and Lacrosse". New-York Tribune. October 21, 1888. p. 4. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ^ "A Football Game Goes By Defeat". New-York Tribune. October 28, 1888. p. 5. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ^ "Football News". The Sun. November 4, 1888. p. 13. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ^ "Sporting driftwood". The Brooklyn Citizen. November 13, 1888. p. 3. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ^ "Football News". The Sun. November 4, 1888. p. 13. Retrieved August 9, 2020.