1892 Varuna Boat Club of Bay Ridge football team

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.

1892 Varuna Boat Club football
A picture of the 1892 Varuna Boat Club football team, found in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–3
Head coach
  • Crescent Athletic Club players[1] (1st season)
Home stadiumVaruna Boat Club grounds
Seasons
← 1891
1893 →

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Domestic Football Club
W 16–42,000[3]
October 2Volunteers of HarlemL 4–20 or 4–18[4]
October 12Long Island
  • Varuna Boat Club grounds
  • Brooklyn, NY
Unknown [5]
October 16Cathedral Football Club
  • Varuna Boat Club grounds
  • Brooklyn, NY
W (forfeit)
October 16Domestic Football Club
  • Varuna Boat Club grounds
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 28–41,000[6]
October 21at Stevens Institute Seconds
W 32–0[7]
October 23Pastime Athletic Club
  • Varuna Boat Club grounds
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 38–01,000[8]
November 5Seton HallCancelled
November 6FordhamNew York City, NYW 12–6 (forfeit)500[9]
November 8Acorn Athletic Association
  • Varuna Boat Club grounds
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 62–0[10]
November 13Domestic Football Club
  • Varuna Boat Club grounds
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 12–8
November 24Fordham Invincibles (Seconds)W 16–0
November 2612:00 amvs. Manhattan Athletic Club and PrincetonL 0–6[11][12]
December 17vs. Orange Athletic Club
  • Madison Square Garden
  • Manhattan, NY (New York Press Club Carnival of Sports)
L 0–6400+[13][14]

Second team schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 29Columbias of Brooklyn
Unknown [15]
November 27Acorn Athletic AssociationW 18–14

References

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  1. ^ "Varuna and Orange Teams". The Standard Union. December 14, 1892. p. 3. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "Varuna Boat Club Football Records". www.luckyshow.org. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "Varuna's Football Team Victorious". The Standard Union. September 26, 1892. p. 3. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  4. ^ "Varunas Defeated". The Standard Union. October 3, 1892. p. 3. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  5. ^ "Football Notes". The Sun. October 11, 1892. p. 8. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "The Varunas Played a Strong Game and Won". The Sun. October 17, 1892. p. 6. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  7. ^ "Varunas, 32 ; Stevens Scrub, 0". The Sun. October 22, 1892. p. 4. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  8. ^ "Varunas on Top Again". The World. October 24, 1892. p. 6. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  9. ^ "Foot Ball Surprises". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 7, 1892. p. 8. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  10. ^ "Varuna B. C., 62 ; Acorn A. A., 0". The Sun. November 9, 1892. p. 9. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  11. ^ "The Varuna's ELeven". The Standard Union. November 28, 1892. p. 3. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  12. ^ "Athletics at the Garden". The Sun. November 27, 1892. p. 8. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  13. ^ "Press Club Carnival". The Standard Union. December 3, 1892. p. 8. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  14. ^ "A Big Sporting Festival". The World. December 18, 1892. p. 30. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  15. ^ "Football Notes". The Brooklyn Citizen. October 14, 1892. p. 3. Retrieved August 8, 2020.