1887 Crescent Athletic Club football team

American college football season March 2026 August 2023 1887 Crescent Athletic Club football American Football Union AFU 8–1 6–0 W. H. Ford Crescent Athletic Club grounds AFU champion The 1887 Crescent Athletic Club football team represented the Crescent Athletic Club during the 1887 college football season. This season marked Crescent's first as a member of the American Football Union (AFU).Foot Ball Season: A Brooklyn Club Endeavoring to Secure the Championship The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 8, 1887 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51518190/a-brooklyn-club-endeavoring-to-secure/ Newspapers.com The team achieved an 8–1 record (6–0 against AFU opponents), won the AFU championship, and played its home games at the Crescent Athletic Club grounds located at Ninth Avenue and Ninth Street in Brooklyn. W. H. Ford served as the team captain and center rush. In October 1887, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle described the club's origins and purpose: "The Crescent Club was formed not for the purpose of turning out celebrated athletes and winning prizes, but simply to provide exercise and recreation for its members. . . . The club is composed almost entirely of young men who are engaged in business and have not much time to devote to athletics, and the policy has always been to make it an inexpensive organization and to give the members as much for their money as possible." Schedule y y October 7 Brooklyn Hill<ncg> Crescent grounds Brooklyn, NY W 29-0 Crescent Wins at Football: Brooklyn Hill Players Offensive to Referee The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 9, 1887 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51521788/crescent-wins-at-football/ Newspapers.com October 22 Union Club of Columbia Crescent grounds Brooklyn, NY W 27-0 Brooklyn Football Clubs: The Crescents Defeat the Unions of Columbia College The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 24, 1887 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51521258/brooklyn-football-clubs/ Newspapers.com October 29 at Staten Island Cricket Club Livingston, Staten Island, NY W 16-1 > 600 Crescent vs. Staten Island The Sun October 30, 1887 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51568539/crescent/ Newspapers.com November 5 at New York Athletic Club Polo Grounds New York, NY W 6-0 1,000 Interesting Sporting Events The Brooklyn Daily Eagle November 6, 1887 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51567517/interesting-sporting-events/ Newspapers.com November 8 vs Yale<ncg> Polo Grounds New York, NY L 0-70 Yale Foot Ball Kickers: Harry Beecher Helped Them Annihilate the Brookly Crescents The Brooklyn Daily Eagles November 9, 1887 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51566971/yale-foot-ball-kickers/ Newspapers.com November 12 Union Club of Columbia Polo Grounds New York, NY W 6-0 July 2023 November 12 at New York Athletic Club Polo Grounds New York, NY W 6-0 The Crescents Win Again: Defeating the New York Athletic Club at Football The New York Times November 13, 1887 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51566528/the-crescents-win-again/ Newspapers.comGood Football: The Crescents, of Brooklyn, Easily Defeat the New York Athletics The Brooklyn Daily Eagle November 13, 1887 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51519952/good-football-the-crescents-of-brooklyn/ Newspapers.com November 26 Staten Island Cricket Club Crescent grounds Brooklyn, NY W 24-0 The Crescents Win the American Union Championship The Sun November 27, 1887 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51566027/the-crescents-win-the-american-union/ Newspapers.com December 17 Alcyone<ncg> Crescent grounds Brooklyn, NY W 32-0 The Crescents Victorious: A Lively Game of Foot Ball on the Athletic Club's Grounds The Brooklyn Daily Eagle December 18, 1887 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51525376/the-crescents-victorious-a-lively-game/ Newspapers.comThe Alcyones Beaten: Crescent Boys Had It All Their Own Way at Football The Brooklyn Citizen December 18, 1887 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51564030/the-alcyones-beaten/ Newspapers.com References Crescent Athletic Club Category:Crescent Athletic Club football seasons Crescent Athletic Club Football