The 1894 Crescent Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Crescent Athletic Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the

1894 college football season The 1894 college football season was the season of American football played among colleges and universities in the United States during the 1894–95 academic year. The 1894 Yale Bulldogs football team compiled a perfect 16–0 record, outscore ...

. The team played its home games at Eastern Park in Brooklyn and compiled a 2–7 record.

Harry Beecher Henry Ward Beecher (September 13, 1868 – September 26, 1948) was a college football player and sportswriter. He was the subject of the first American football card, printed in 1888. Henry was son of Henry Barton and Harriet Jones Benedict Be ...

was the official coach of the team, assisted by Duncan Edwards, Wyllys Terry, William H. Ford, and William Bull. George B. Pratt, formerly of

Amherst College Amherst College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher educatio ...

, was the team captain.

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