1893 Orange Athletic Club football
AFU champion
ConferenceAmerican Football Union
Record7–2 (2–0 AFU)
Head coach
Home stadiumOrange Oval
Seasons
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The 1893 Orange Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Orange Athletic Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1893 college football season. The AFU in 1893 consisted of three amateur football teams – the Orange Athletic Club, the New York Athletic Club from Manhattan, and the Crescent Athletic Club from Brooklyn. The Orange team played its home games at the Orange Oval in East Orange, New Jersey, compiled a 7–2 record (2–0 against AFU opponents), and won the AFU championship.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 303:30 p.m.Stevens*
W 12–0800[1]
October 7Volunteer F.C.*
  • Orange Oval
  • East Orange, NJ
W 10–4[2]
October 14Lafayette*
  • Orange Oval
  • East Orange, NJ
W 6–0[3][4]
October 21Yale*
  • Orange Oval
  • East Orange, NJ
L 0–502,000[5]
October 28Rutgers*
  • Orange Oval
  • East Orange, NJ
W 22–0[6]
November 4New York Athletic Club
  • Orange Oval
  • East Orange, NJ
W 4–0 (forfeit)[7][8]
November 7Princeton*
  • Orange Oval
  • East Orange, NJ
L 0–83,500[9]
November 11Yale Law*
  • Orange Oval
  • East Orange, NJ
W 18–0[10]
November 18at Crescent Athletic Club
W 20–42,000[11]

References

  1. ^ "Orange Beats Stevens". The New York Times. October 1, 1893. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "A "Scrap" at Orange". The World. October 8, 1893. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Football At Orange". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 14, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved September 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Orange Surprised 'Em". The World. October 15, 1893. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Yale Shows Up Strong: Orange Athletic Club Badly Beaten -- Score, 50 to 0". Boston Sunday Post. October 22, 1893. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Orange Wins in the First Half". The Evening World. October 28, 1893. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Orange A.C., 4; New York A.C., 0 (Forfeited)". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 5, 1893. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Orange Won by Default: New Yorker A.C. Eleven Thought It Too Stormy To Play". The World. November 5, 1893. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Princeton Scored Eight Points: But It Was Her Scrub Team That Faced Orange A.C." The Sun. November 8, 1893. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Law School Men Overmatched: The Orange Athletic Club Has An Easy Victory Over the New-Haven Students". The New York Times. November 12, 1893. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Crescent's Very Yellow Day: Orange A.C. Wins a Signal Victory at Eastern Park". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 19, 1893. pp. 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.
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