1887 Crescent Athletic Club football team

The 1887 Crescent Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Crescent Athletic Club during the 1887 college football season. The 1887 season was Crescent's first as a member of the in the American Football Union (AFU).[1] The team compiled a 8–1 record (6–0 against AFU opponents), won the AFU championship, and played its home games at Crescent Athletic Club grounds at Ninth Avenue and Ninth Street in Brooklyn. W. H. Ford was the team captain and center rush.[1]

1887 Crescent Athletic Club football
AFU champion
ConferenceAmerican Football Union
1887 record8–1 (6–0 AFU)
CaptainW. H. Ford
Home stadiumCrescent Athletic Club grounds
1887 American Football Union standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Crescent Athletic Club $ 6 –0 –0  7 –1 –0
New York Athletic Club 2 –2 –0  1 –2 –0
Staten Island Cricket Club 1 –3 –0  1 –3 –0
Unions of Columbia 0 –3 –0  0 –3 –0

In October 1887, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle described the club's origin and purpose: "The Crescent Club was formed not for the purpose of turning out celebrated athletes and winning prizes, but simply to provide exercise and recreation for its members. . . . The club is composed almost entirely of young men who are engaged in business and have not much time to devote to athletics, and the policy has always been to make it an inexpensive organization and to give the members as much for their money as possible."[1]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7Brooklyn Hill*
  • Crescent grounds
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 29–0[2]
October 22Union Club of Columbia
  • Crescent grounds
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 27–0[3]
October 29at Staten Island Cricket ClubLivingston,Staten Island, NYW 16–1> 600[4]
November 5at New York Athletic Club
W 6–01,000[5]
November 8vs. Yale*
L 0–70[6]
November 12Union Club of Columbia
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 6–0[7]
November 12at New York Athletic Club
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 6–0[8]
November 26Staten Island Cricket Club
  • Crescent grounds
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 24–0[9]
December 17Alcyone*
  • Crescent grounds
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 32–0[10][11]
  • *Non-conference game

References
  1. "Foot Ball Season: A Brooklyn Club Endeavoring to Secure the Championship". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 8, 1887. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Crescent Wins at Football: Brooklyn Hill Players Offensive to Referee". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 9, 1887. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Brooklyn Football Clubs: The Crescents Defeat the Unions of Columbia College". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 24, 1887. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Crescent vs. Staten Island". The Sun. October 30, 1887. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Interesting Sporting Events". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 6, 1887. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Yale Foot Ball Kickers: Harry Beecher Helped Them Annihilate the Brookly Crescents". The Brooklyn Daily Eagles. November 9, 1887. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Good Football: The Crescents, of Brooklyn, Easily Defeat the New York Athletics". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 13, 1887. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "The Crescents Win Again: Defeating the New York Athletic Club at Football". The New York Times. November 13, 1887. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "The Crescents Win the American Union Championship". The Sun. November 27, 1887. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "The Crescents Victorious: A Lively Game of Foot Ball on the Athletic Club's Grounds". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 18, 1887. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "The Alcyones Beaten: Crescent Boys Had It All Their Own Way at Football". The Brooklyn Citizen. December 18, 1887. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
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