1890 Greensburg Athletic Association season

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1890 Greensburg Athletic Association football

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The 1890 season was the first season of the Greensburg Athletic Association. The team's record for this season is largely unknown.

## Schedule

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Date  | Opponent  | Site  | Result  | Source

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November 8  | Kiskiminetas | Unnamed field[a] · Greensburg, PA | L 34–4  | [2][3]
November 15  | Indiana Normal | Greensburg, PA  | T 6–6  | [4]
November 22  | at Altoona  | Cricket grounds · Altoona, PA | L 48–0  | [5][6]
| Unknown Pittsburgh-area team[b] | Fairgrounds · Greensburg, PA  | L[c] | [7]

## Game notes

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1. ^ Scheduled game site was "on a field along the Electric Street Railway".[1]
2. ^ Group of college boys home for Thanksgiving vacation supplemented the team for a game with an unknown Pittsburgh club at the Fairgrounds
3. ^ Resulted in a loss, but the score is unknown.

## References

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1. ^ "A Great Game". Greensburg Daily Tribune. Greensburg, PA. November 5, 1890. p. 1 - via Google News Archive.
2. ^ "The Foot Ball Game". Greensburg Daily Tribune. Greensburg, PA. November 10, 1890. p. 1 - via Google News Archive.
3. ^ "The Game Growing in Favor". The Pittsburg Press. Pittsburgh, PA. November 9, 1890. p. 6 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Neither Side Won It". Indiana County Gazette. Indiana, PA. November 19, 1890. p. 1 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "A Well-Played Game". The Times. Altoona, PA. November 24, 1890. p. 1 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "A Coming Game of Foot Ball". Morning Tribune. Altoona, PA. October 7, 1891. p. 4 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ Van Atta, Robert (1983). "The History of Pro Football At Greensburg, Pennsylvania (1894-1900)" (PDF). Coffin Corner (Annual). Professional Football Researchers Association: 1–14\. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2010.

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