1892 Pittsburgh Athletic Club football season

American football team season March 2026 August 2023 Pittsburgh Athletic Club 1892 File:Pittsburgh Athletic Club football team 1892.jpg crimson white 3–3–1 John B. Barbour Jr. Charley Aull P.A.C. Park 1891 1893 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.Pro Football Hall of Fame Nov 12 Birth of pro football https://www.profootballhof.com/football-history/nov-12-birth-of-pro-football/ June 8, 2023 Schedule PFRA Research Five Hundred Reasons: Football's First Pro: 1892 Professional Football Researchers Association https://www.profootballresearchers.com/articles/Five_Hundred_Reasons.pdf September 12, 2025 October 1 w Western University of Pennsylvania PAC ParkAlso known near the beginning of the season as the East End Gym park or grounds, corresponding to the club's recently changed old name. Pittsburgh, PA 16–0 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024546/1892-10-02/ed-1/seq-14/ Sixteen to Naught The Pittsburg Dispatch October 2, 1892 14 September 27, 2019https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cP8aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b0gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4545%2C4655299 The Football Season Opened The Pittsburg Press October 2, 1892 6 September 27, 2019 October 8 w Greensburg Athletic Association PAC Park Pittsburgh, PA 28–0 The Pittsburg Press October 9, 1892 6 East End Amateur Sports https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123194780/ Newspapers.com October 15 Opponent did not showAn 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 or 42–9. PAC Park Pittsburgh, PA The Pittsburg Dispatch October 16, 1892 11 The Gyms Win Again https://www.newspapers.com/article/126236756/ Newspapers.comThe Pittsburg Press October 16, 1892 6 Johnstown Didn't Show Up https://www.newspapers.com/article/126236994/ Newspapers.com October 21 t Allegheny Athletic AssociationAllegations of professionalism, as A.C. Read, the captain of the Penn State football team, was caught playing in this game for Pittsburgh. PAC Park Pittsburgh, PA 6–6 October 22 w Geneva PAC Park Pittsburgh, PA 18–6 November 5 l Penn State PAC Park Pittsburgh, PA 0–16 The Pittsburg Dispatch November 6, 1892 6 The P. A. C.'s Beaten https://www.newspapers.com/article/126233321/ Newspapers.comThe Pittsburg Dispatch November 5, 1892 9 Kickers Line Up https://www.newspapers.com/article/126233368/ Newspapers.com November 12 l y Allegheny Athletic Association AAA Park Allegheny, PA 0–4 November 24 l LehighThanksgiving Day game PAC Park Pittsburgh, PA 0–21 Game notes References The History of Pro Football At Greensburg, Pennsylvania (1894-1900) Coffin Corner Professional Football Researchers Association Annual 1983 1–14 http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/05-An-165.pdf Van Atta, Robert dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101127054500/http://profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/05-An-165.pdf 2010-11-27 Pittsburgh Athletic Club Category:Pittsburgh Athletic Club (football) seasons Pittsburgh Athletic Club football