1892 Varuna Boat Club football | |
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![]() A picture of the 1892 Varuna Boat Club football team, found in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. | |
Conference | Independent |
Record | 9–3 |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Varuna Boat Club grounds |
The 1892 Varuna Boat Club of Bay Ridge football team was an American football team that represented the Varuna Boating Club of the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn, New York during the 1892 college football season. [2] The Boating Club, which had established a football program in 1886, compiled a 9–3 record against an assortment of semi-professional and collegiate teams. The final two contests for the Varunas (as the team was otherwise known) were played at Madison Square Garden against the Manhattan and Orange Athletic Clubs.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 25 | Domestic Football Club |
| W 16–4 | 2,000 | [3] | |
October 2 | Volunteers of Harlem | L 4–20 or 4–18 | [4] | |||
October 12 | Long Island |
| Unknown | [5] | ||
October 16 | Cathedral Football Club |
| W (forfeit) | |||
October 16 | Domestic Football Club |
| W 28–4 | 1,000 | [6] | |
October 21 | at Stevens Institute Seconds |
| W 32–0 | [7] | ||
October 23 | Pastime Athletic Club |
| W 38–0 | 1,000 | [8] | |
November 5 | Seton Hall | Cancelled | ||||
November 6 | Fordham | New York City, NY | W 12–6 (forfeit) | 500 | [9] | |
November 8 | Acorn Athletic Association |
| W 62–0 | [10] | ||
November 13 | Domestic Football Club |
| W 12–8 | |||
November 24 | Fordham Invincibles (Seconds) | W 16–0 | ||||
November 26 | 12:00 am | vs. Manhattan Athletic Club and Princeton | L 0–6 | [11] [12] | ||
December 17 | vs. Orange Athletic Club |
| L 0–6 | 400+ | [13] [14] |
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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October 29 | Columbias of Brooklyn |
| Unknown | [15] |
November 27 | Acorn Athletic Association | W 18–14 |
1892 Varuna Boat Club football | |
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![]() A picture of the 1892 Varuna Boat Club football team, found in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. | |
Conference | Independent |
Record | 9–3 |
Head coach |
|
Home stadium | Varuna Boat Club grounds |
The 1892 Varuna Boat Club of Bay Ridge football team was an American football team that represented the Varuna Boating Club of the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn, New York during the 1892 college football season. [2] The Boating Club, which had established a football program in 1886, compiled a 9–3 record against an assortment of semi-professional and collegiate teams. The final two contests for the Varunas (as the team was otherwise known) were played at Madison Square Garden against the Manhattan and Orange Athletic Clubs.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 25 | Domestic Football Club |
| W 16–4 | 2,000 | [3] | |
October 2 | Volunteers of Harlem | L 4–20 or 4–18 | [4] | |||
October 12 | Long Island |
| Unknown | [5] | ||
October 16 | Cathedral Football Club |
| W (forfeit) | |||
October 16 | Domestic Football Club |
| W 28–4 | 1,000 | [6] | |
October 21 | at Stevens Institute Seconds |
| W 32–0 | [7] | ||
October 23 | Pastime Athletic Club |
| W 38–0 | 1,000 | [8] | |
November 5 | Seton Hall | Cancelled | ||||
November 6 | Fordham | New York City, NY | W 12–6 (forfeit) | 500 | [9] | |
November 8 | Acorn Athletic Association |
| W 62–0 | [10] | ||
November 13 | Domestic Football Club |
| W 12–8 | |||
November 24 | Fordham Invincibles (Seconds) | W 16–0 | ||||
November 26 | 12:00 am | vs. Manhattan Athletic Club and Princeton | L 0–6 | [11] [12] | ||
December 17 | vs. Orange Athletic Club |
| L 0–6 | 400+ | [13] [14] |
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|
October 29 | Columbias of Brooklyn |
| Unknown | [15] |
November 27 | Acorn Athletic Association | W 18–14 |