1892 Pittsburgh Athletic Club football
Record3–3–1
Manager
Captain
Home fieldP.A.C. Park
Seasons

The 1892 Pittsburgh Athletic Club football season was their third season in existence. The team finished with a record of 3–3–1.

The team's November 12 game against the Allegheny Athletic Association, for which Pudge Heffelfinger received $500 to play for Allegheny, marks the first recorded appearance of a professional player in American football.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1Western University of PennsylvaniaW 16–0[2][3]
October 8Greensburg Athletic Association
  • PAC Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 28–0[4]
October 15Opponent did not show[lower-alpha 2]
  • PAC Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
[5][6]
October 21Allegheny Athletic Association[lower-alpha 3]
  • PAC Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
T 6–6
October 22Geneva
  • PAC Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 18–6
November 5Penn State
  • PAC Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–16[7][8]
November 12at Allegheny Athletic AssociationL 0–4
November 24Lehigh[lower-alpha 4]
  • PAC Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–21

Game notes

  1. Also known near the beginning of the season as the East End Gym park or grounds, corresponding to the club's recently changed old name.
  2. An intrasquad scrimmage of sorts occurred after the Johnstown Athletic Club failed to show. PAC's first string defeated a picked team including several second string PAC players, 42–0[5] or 42–9.[6]
  3. Allegations of professionalism, as A.C. Read, the captain of the Penn State football team, was caught playing in this game for Pittsburgh.
  4. Thanksgiving Day game

References

  1. "Nov 12 Birth of pro football". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  2. "Sixteen to Naught". The Pittsburg Dispatch. October 2, 1892. p. 14. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  3. "The Football Season Opened". The Pittsburg Press. October 2, 1892. p. 6. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  4. "East End Amateur Sports". The Pittsburg Press. October 9, 1892. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  5. 1 2 "The Gyms Win Again". The Pittsburg Dispatch. October 16, 1892. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.
  6. 1 2 "Johnstown Didn't Show Up". The Pittsburg Press. October 16, 1892. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "The P. A. C.'s Beaten". The Pittsburg Dispatch. November 6, 1892. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Kickers Line Up". The Pittsburg Dispatch. November 5, 1892. p. 9 via Newspapers.com.
  9. PFRA Research. "Five Hundred Reasons: Football's First Pro: 1892" (PDF). Professional Football Researchers Association. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
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