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
ConferenceIndependent
1892 record9–3
Head coach
  • Crescent Athletic Club players[1] (1st season)
Home stadiumVaruna Boat Club grounds

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

References
  1. "Varuna and Orange Teams". The Standard Union. 1892-12-14. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  2. "Varuna Boat Club Football Records". www.luckyshow.org. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  3. "Varuna's Football Team Victorious". The Standard Union. 1892-09-26. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  4. "Varunas Defeated". The Standard Union. 1892-10-03. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  5. "Football Notes". The Sun. 1892-10-11. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  6. "The Varunas Played a Strong Game and Won". The Sun. 1892-10-17. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  7. "Varunas, 32 ; Stevens Scrub, 0". The Sun. 1892-10-22. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  8. "Varunas on Top Again". The World. 1892-10-24. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  9. "Foot Ball Surprises". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1892-11-07. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  10. "Varuna B. C., 62 ; Acorn A. A., 0". The Sun. 1892-11-09. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  11. "The Varuna's ELeven". The Standard Union. 1892-11-28. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  12. "Athletics at the Garden". The Sun. 1892-11-27. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  13. "Press Club Carnival". The Standard Union. 1892-12-03. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  14. "A Big Sporting Festival". The World. 1892-12-18. p. 30. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  15. "Football Notes". The Brooklyn Citizen. 1892-10-14. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
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