1885 Cincinnati football team

The 1885 Cincinnati football team was an American football team that represented the University of Cincinnati as an independent during the 1885 college football season. The team compiled a 1–0–1 record. Arch Carson was the team captain. The team had no head coach and played its home games at Union Ball Park in Cincinnati.[1][2] In its inaugural season of college football, Cincinnati played two games against the Mount Auburn Athletic Club team with the games three weeks apart.[3]

1885 Cincinnati football
ConferenceIndependent
1885 record1–0–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainArch Carson
Home stadiumUnion Ball Park
1885 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Princeton      9 0 0
Michigan      3 0 0
Colorado College      1 0 0
Yale      7 1 0
Cincinnati      1 0 1
Penn      8 5 0
Lafayette      3 2 1
Massachusetts      3 2 1
Johns Hopkins      2 2 0
Richmond      1 1 0
Wesleyan      3 4 0
Navy      1 2 0
Lehigh      1 5 1
Rutgers      0 1 0
Fordham      0 3 0

Cincinnati did not play its first intercollegiate football game until three years later in December 1888.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 23Mount Auburn Athletic ClubT 0–0
November 14Mount Auburn Athletic Club
  • Union Ball Park
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 26–6

References

  1. "Cincinnati Yearly Results (1885-1889)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  2. "2009 University of Cincinnati Football Media Guide" (PDF). gobearcats.com. University of Cincinnati. 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  3. Katzowitz, Josh (2009). Bearcats rising : rags to Division I riches : how a gridiron minority bludgeons its way into the big time. Wilmington, Ohio: Orange Frazer Press. p. 58. ISBN 9781933197654.
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