1890 Orange Athletic Club football
ConferenceAmerican Football Union
Record5–4–1 (3–1 AFU)
Seasons
← 1889
1891 →
1890 American Football Union standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Crescent Athletic Club $ 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Orange Athletic Club 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
New York Athletic Club 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 5 – 0

The 1890 Orange Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Orange Athletic Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1890 football season.[1] The Orange team played its home games in East Orange, New Jersey, and compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–1 against AFU opponents).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4Columbia*
W 21–0[2]
October 11at Princeton*Tuxedo Park, NYT 0–0500[3]
October 18Yale*
  • Orange Oval
  • Orange, NJ
L 0–16[4]
October 25Rutgers*
  • Orange Oval
  • Orange, NJ
L 4–6[5]
November 1at New York Athletic Club
W 6–0[6]
November 4at Harvard*
L 0–33[7]
November 8Crescent Athletic Club
  • Orange Oval
  • Orange, NJ
W 8–51,500–4,000[8]
November 15Orange Athletic Club Juniors*
  • Orange Oval
  • Orange, NJ
W 14–0
November 22New York Athletic Club
  • Orange Oval
  • Orange, NJ
W 28–0500[9]
December 6at Crescent Athletic Club
L 0–14550[10]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Orange Athletic Club All-Time Football Records". www.luckyshow.org. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "Columbia Wins". The Boston Globe. October 5, 1890. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Football Yesterday: The Princeton and Orange A. C. Teams Make a Grand Fight". The Sun (New York). October 12, 1890. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Yale Makes Sixteen Points". New York Tribune. October 19, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Football: Orange Athletics Defeated by Rutgers -- Celebration of the Victory". The Daily Times (New Brunswick, NJ). October 27, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Orange Too Strong For New York". The Sun. November 2, 1890. p. 5. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  7. ^ "An Easy Victory Over Orange: Harvard Scores Thirty-Three Points To the Jersey Players' Nothing". New York Tribune. November 5, 1890. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Drop Kicks and Tackles: The Orange Athletes Win From the Crescent Players". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 9, 1890. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "The New Yorks Were Not In It". The Sun. November 23, 1890. p. 8. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  10. ^ "Crescents Win Again: Orange Foot Ball Players Beaten at Washington Park". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 7, 1890. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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