1892 Pittsburgh Athletic Club football
Record3–3–1
Manager
Captain
Home fieldP.A.C. Park
Seasons
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The 1892 Pittsburgh Athletic Club football season was their third season in existence. The team finished with a record of 3–3–1.

The team's November 12 game against the Allegheny Athletic Association, for which Pudge Heffelfinger received $500 to play for Allegheny, marks the first recorded appearance of a professional player in American football.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1Western University of Pennsylvania
W 16–0[2][3]
October 8Greensburg Athletic Association
  • PAC Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 28–0[4]
October 15Opponent did not show[b]
  • PAC Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
 [5][6]
October 21Allegheny Athletic Association[c]
  • PAC Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
T 6–6
October 22Geneva
  • PAC Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 18–6
November 5Penn State
  • PAC Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–16[7][8]
November 12at Allegheny Athletic Association
L 0–4
November 24Lehigh[d]
  • PAC Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–21

Game notes

  1. ^ Also known near the beginning of the season as the East End Gym park or grounds, corresponding to the club's recently changed old name.
  2. ^ An intrasquad scrimmage of sorts occurred after the Johnstown Athletic Club failed to show. PAC's first string defeated a picked team including several second string PAC players, 42–0[5] or 42–9.[6]
  3. ^ Allegations of professionalism, as A.C. Read, the captain of the Penn State football team, was caught playing in this game for Pittsburgh.
  4. ^ Thanksgiving Day game

References

  1. ^ "Nov 12 Birth of pro football". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  2. ^ "Sixteen to Naught". The Pittsburg Dispatch. October 2, 1892. p. 14. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  3. ^ "The Football Season Opened". The Pittsburg Press. October 2, 1892. p. 6. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  4. ^ "East End Amateur Sports". The Pittsburg Press. October 9, 1892. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "The Gyms Win Again". The Pittsburg Dispatch. October 16, 1892. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b "Johnstown Didn't Show Up". The Pittsburg Press. October 16, 1892. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "The P. A. C.'s Beaten". The Pittsburg Dispatch. November 6, 1892. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Kickers Line Up". The Pittsburg Dispatch. November 5, 1892. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ PFRA Research. "Five Hundred Reasons: Football's First Pro: 1892" (PDF). Professional Football Researchers Association. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
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