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1890 Orange Athletic Club football team

The 1890 Orange Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Orange Athletic Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1890 football season.[1] The Orange team played its home games in East Orange, New Jersey, and compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–1 against AFU opponents).

1890 Orange Athletic Club football
ConferenceAmerican Football Union
Record5–4–1 (3–1 AFU)
Seasons
← 1889
1891 →
1890 American Football Union standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Crescent Athletic Club $ 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Orange Athletic Club 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
New York Athletic Club 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 5 – 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4Columbia*
W 21–0[2]
October 11at Princeton*Tuxedo Park, NYT 0–0500[3]
October 18Yale*
  • Orange Oval
  • Orange, NJ
L 0–16[4]
October 25Rutgers*
  • Orange Oval
  • Orange, NJ
L 4–6[5]
November 1at New York Athletic Club
W 6–0[6]
November 4at Harvard*
L 0–33[7]
November 8Crescent Athletic Club
  • Orange Oval
  • Orange, NJ
W 8–51,500–4,000[8]
November 15Orange Athletic Club Juniors*
  • Orange Oval
  • Orange, NJ
W 14–0
November 22New York Athletic Club
  • Orange Oval
  • Orange, NJ
W 28–0500[9]
December 6at Crescent Athletic Club
L 0–14550[10]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "Orange Athletic Club All-Time Football Records". www.luckyshow.org. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "Columbia Wins". The Boston Globe. October 5, 1890. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Football Yesterday: The Princeton and Orange A. C. Teams Make a Grand Fight". The Sun (New York). October 12, 1890. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Yale Makes Sixteen Points". New York Tribune. October 19, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Football: Orange Athletics Defeated by Rutgers -- Celebration of the Victory". The Daily Times (New Brunswick, NJ). October 27, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Orange Too Strong For New York". The Sun. November 2, 1890. p. 5. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  7. ^ "An Easy Victory Over Orange: Harvard Scores Thirty-Three Points To the Jersey Players' Nothing". New York Tribune. November 5, 1890. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Drop Kicks and Tackles: The Orange Athletes Win From the Crescent Players". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 9, 1890. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "The New Yorks Were Not In It". The Sun. November 23, 1890. p. 8. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  10. ^ "Crescents Win Again: Orange Foot Ball Players Beaten at Washington Park". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 7, 1890. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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