1891 Crescent Athletic Club football
AFU champion
ConferenceAmerican Football Union
Record5–3 (3–0 AFU)
CaptainHarry Beecher
Home stadiumEastern Park

The 1891 Crescent Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Crescent Athletic Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1891 college football season. The team played its home games at Eastern Park in Brooklyn, compiled a 5–3 record (3–0 against AFU opponents), and won the AFU championship. Two of the team's losses were to Walter Camp's undefeated 1891 Yale team that did not allow its opponents to score a single point. Harry Beecher, who played for Yale from 1884 to 1887, was the Crescent team's quarterback and captain.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Yale*
L 0–263,000[2][3]
October 10Princeton*
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 0–283,000[4]
October 17Columbia*
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 42–0 [5]
October 24Wesleyan*
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 30–6[6]
October 31Manhattan Athletic Club
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 10–03,000[7]
November 3at Yale*
L 0–705,600[8]
November 7Orange Athletic Club
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 28–0[9]
November 14at New York Athletic Club
W 18–6[1]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. 1 2 "Champion Crescents: Winners of the American Foot Ball Union". November 15, 1891. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Yale Defeats Crescents". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 4, 1891. p. 7. Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ↑ "Yale Wins at Football: The Crescents Defeated at Eastern Park". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 4, 1891. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Victory for Princeton: The Crescents Lose Again at Eastern Park". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 11, 1891. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Crescent, 42; Columbia, 0". The New York Times. October 18, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Playing in Fine Form: The Crescents Easily Defeat the Wesleyans". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 25, 1891. p. 16.
  7. ↑ "The Police Interfere And Stop a Lively "Mill" on the Ball Field". The Brookly Daily Eagle. November 1, 1891. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Lively Kickers: How the Amateur Athletes Observed Election". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 4, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Crescents in Fine Form: They Defeat Orange by a Score of 28 to 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 8, 1891. p. 14.
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