1886 Staten Island Football Club season

American college football season

1886 Staten Island Football Club football

Conference| American Football Union
Record| 2–3–3 (1–2–2 AFU)
Captain| C. A. MacDonald (halfback) [1]
Home stadium| St. George Cricket Grounds

Seasons

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1887 ->

1886 American Football Union standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Crickets of Stevens Institute $  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0
Staten Island Football Club | 1  | - | 2  | - | 2 |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 3
Unions of Columbia | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0
Brooklyn Hill | 0  | - | 1  | - | 2 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 3
Cutler School | 0  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | –  | - | –  | - | –
Spartan Harriers  | 0  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | –  | - | –  | - | –

The 1886 Staten Island Football Club football team was an American football team that represented four athletic clubs, the Staten Island Cricket, Rowing, and Athletic clubs, as well as the Clifton Athletic Club during the 1886 football season. The team compiled a record and played its home games at St. George Cricket Grounds in Hoboken, New Jersey.[2][3] The Staten Islanders were able to comply with the AFU's system of playing any other league opponents twice, but were forced to disqualify their November 6 match with the Crickets as a conference win because of some controversial officiating.

## Schedule

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October 16| Unions of Columbia|

* St. George Cricket Grounds
* Staten Island, NY

| L 0–22| [4]
October 23| Crickets of Stevens Institute|

* St. George Cricket Grounds?
* Staten Island, NY

| Unknown | [5]
October 30| Brooklyn Hill|

* St. George Cricket Grounds
* Staten Island, NY

| T 6–6| [6][7][8]
November 6| at Crickets of Stevens Institute*| Hoboken, NJ| W 10–4| [9]
November 13| Brooklyn Hill|

* St. George Cricket Grounds
* Staten Island, NY

| T 0–0| [10][11]
November 18| NYU*|

* St. George Cricket Grounds?
* Staten Island, NY

| T 4–4| [12]
November 20| Unions of Columbia|

* St. George Cricket Grounds
* Staten Island, NY

| W 10–0| [13]
November 27| Crescent Athletic Club*|

* Crescent Athletic Club grounds
* Brooklyn, NY

| L 0–16| [14]
December 4| Crickets of Stevens Institute|

* St. George Cricket Grounds
* Staten Island, NY

| L 0–10| [15]

* *Non-conference game

## References

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1. ^ "Victories at Football". The New York Times. October 17, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
2. ^ "Yale Men Enraged". The New York Times. October 11, 1886. p. 8. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
3. ^ "Rugby Football". The Post-Star. November 2, 1886. p. 3. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
4. ^ "Victories at Football". The New York Times. October 17, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
5. ^ "Staten Island". The New York Times. October 21, 1886. p. 8. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
6. ^ "City and Suburban News". The New York Times. October 30, 1886. p. 8. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
7. ^ "Kicking Football". The New York Times. October 31, 1886. p. 14. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
8. ^ "Sports and Pastimes". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 31, 1886. p. 16. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
9. ^ "Victors At Football". The New York Times. November 7, 1886. p. 7. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
10. ^ "Sporting Notes". The Brooklyn Union. November 11, 1886. p. 7. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
11. ^ "Football On Staten Island". The New York Times. November 14, 1886. p. 9. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
12. ^ "New York University Violet All-Time Football Records". www.luckyshow.org. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
13. ^ "Columbia College Boys Beaten". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 21, 1886. p. 16. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
14. ^ "Kicking the Ball". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 28, 1886. p. 16. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
15. ^ "Football Matches". The Brooklyn Union. December 5, 1886. p. 8. Retrieved August 11, 2020.

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