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American college football season
The 1893 Orange Athletic Club football team was an
American football team that represented the
Orange Athletic Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the
1893 college football season. The AFU in 1893 consisted of three amateur football teams – the Orange Athletic Club, the
New York Athletic Club from
Manhattan, and the
Crescent Athletic Club from
Brooklyn. The Orange team played its home games at the
Orange Oval in
East Orange, New Jersey, compiled a 7–2 record (2–0 against AFU opponents), and won the AFU championship.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 30 | 3:30 p.m. |
Stevens* | | W 12–0 | 800 |
[1]
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October 7 | | Volunteer F.C.* | - Orange Oval
- East Orange, NJ
| W 10–4 | |
[2]
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October 14 | |
Lafayette* | - Orange Oval
- East Orange, NJ
| W 6–0 | |
[3]
[4]
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October 21 | |
Yale* | - Orange Oval
- East Orange, NJ
| L 0–50 | 2,000 |
[5]
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October 28 | |
Rutgers* | - Orange Oval
- East Orange, NJ
| W 22–0 | |
[6]
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November 4 | |
New York Athletic Club | - Orange Oval
- East Orange, NJ
| W 4–0 (forfeit) | |
[7]
[8]
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November 7 | |
Princeton* | - Orange Oval
- East Orange, NJ
| L 0–8 | 3,500 |
[9]
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November 11 | |
Yale Law* | - Orange Oval
- East Orange, NJ
| W 18–0 | |
[10]
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November 18 | | at
Crescent Athletic Club | | W 20–4 | 2,000 |
[11]
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References
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"Orange Beats Stevens". The New York Times. October 1, 1893. p. 2 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"A "Scrap" at Orange". The World. October 8, 1893. p. 10 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Football At Orange".
The New York Times.
New York, New York. October 14, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved September 8, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Orange Surprised 'Em". The World. October 15, 1893. p. 12 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Yale Shows Up Strong: Orange Athletic Club Badly Beaten -- Score, 50 to 0". Boston Sunday Post. October 22, 1893. p. 7 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Orange Wins in the First Half". The Evening World. October 28, 1893. p. 1 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Orange A.C., 4; New York A.C., 0 (Forfeited)". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 5, 1893. p. 3 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Orange Won by Default: New Yorker A.C. Eleven Thought It Too Stormy To Play". The World. November 5, 1893. p. 12 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Princeton Scored Eight Points: But It Was Her Scrub Team That Faced Orange A.C." The Sun. November 8, 1893. p. 10 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Law School Men Overmatched: The Orange Athletic Club Has An Easy Victory Over the New-Haven Students". The New York Times. November 12, 1893. p. 2 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Crescent's Very Yellow Day: Orange A.C. Wins a Signal Victory at Eastern Park". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 19, 1893. pp. 1, 2 – via
Newspapers.com.
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