1892 Crescent Athletic Club football team

American college football season March 2026 August 2023 1892 Crescent Athletic Club football American Football Union AFU 2–3–1 2–0 Harry Beecher Eastern Park AFU champion The 1892 Crescent Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Crescent Athletic Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1892 college football season. The team played its home games at Eastern Park in Brooklyn, compiled a 2–3–1 record, and won the AFU championship. Harry Beecher, who played for Yale from 1884 to 1887, was the Crescent team's quarterback and captain.Beecher Coaches Yale: The Crescent Captain on the New Haven Field The Brooklyn Daily Eagle November 16, 1892 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51302592/beecher-coaches-yale/ Newspapers.com Schedule y y October 8 Yale<ncg> Eastern Park Brooklyn, NY L 0–28 3,142 Crescents Play Well And Give Great Trouble to the Yale Giants The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 9, 1892 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43781147/crescents_play_well_and_give_great/ Newspapers.com Yale Fumbled Badly https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97157216/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 9, 1892 6 March 7, 2022 Newspapers.com October 15 Penn<ncg> Eastern Park Brooklyn, NY L 0-23 Played Good Foot Ball: Pennsylvania 'Varsity Team's Excellent Showing The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 16, 1892 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16815990/played_good_foot_ball_pennsylvania/ Newspapers.com October 22 Princeton<ncg> Eastern Park Brooklyn, NY L 0-42 Play Fine Foot Ball: Princetons' One Sided Contest With Crescent Kickers The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 23, 1892 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16512002/play_fine_foot_ball_princetons_one/ Newspapers.com October 29 at Orange Athletic Club Orange Oval East Orange, NJ W 14-0 Blue Day for Orange: The Crescent Foot Ball Eleven Whips Their Team The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 30, 1892 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51300676/blue-day-for-orange/ Newspapers.com November 5 Chicago Athletic Association<ncg> Eastern Park Brooklyn, NY T 4-4 2,000 Tooth and Nail: The Crescent and Chicago Elevens Play a Tight Game The Brooklyn Citizen November 6, 1892 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51296398/tooth-and-nail/ Newspapers.com November 12 New York Athletic Club Eastern Park Brooklyn, NY W 20-0 A New York Waterloo: Crescent's Victory Keeps the Union Pennant in Brooklyn The Brooklyn Daily Eagle November 13, 1892 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51297941/a-new-york-waterloo/ Newspapers.com References Crescent Athletic Club Category:Crescent Athletic Club football seasons Crescent Athletic Club Football