1886 Stevens football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1886

| team = Stevens

| sport = football

| image =

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| conference = Independent

| record = 0–7–1

| head_coach = Unknown

| captain =

| stadium = St. George's Cricket Grounds

}}

The 1886 Stevens football team represented Stevens Institute of Technology as an independent during the 1886 college football season. The team compiled a 0–7–1 record and was outscored by its opponents, 194 to 6.{{cite web|title=1886 Stevens Ducks Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/stevens/1886-schedule.html}} They were also shut out in seven of their eight contests, nearly avoiding a scoreless year with a 61–6 loss to national champion Princeton.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 9

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Princeton

| site_stadium = Princeton College grounds

| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ

| score = 0–58

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Football At Princeton |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98295120/the-new-york-times/ |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=October 10, 1886 |page=1 |access-date=March 24, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 13

| w/l = l

| opponent = Princeton

| site_stadium = St. George's Cricket Grounds

| site_cityst = Hoboken, NJ

| score = 0–61

| attend = 300

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Princeton Wins Easily |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98294766/the-new-york-times/ |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=October 14, 1886 |page=8 |access-date=March 24, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 16

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Harvard

| site_stadium = Jarvis Field

| site_cityst = Cambridge, MA

| score = 0–44

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=The Harvards Again |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98297615/the-boston-globe/ |newspaper=The Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=October 17, 1886 |page=6 |access-date=March 24, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 20

| w/l = l

| opponent = Yale

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Hoboken, NJ

| score = 0–54

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Yale 54—Stevens 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98297935/the-morning-journal-courier/ |newspaper=New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier |location=New Haven, Connecticut |date=October 21, 1886 |page=3 |access-date=March 24, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 23

| w/l = l

| opponent = Lafayette

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Hoboken, NJ

| score = 0–5

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Finished Under Protest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98298070/the-new-york-times/ |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=October 24, 1886 |page=7 |access-date=March 24, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 30

| w/l = t

| opponent = Lehigh

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Hoboken, NJ

| score = 0–0

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 13

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Lehigh

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Bethlehem, PA

| score = 0–14

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Lehigh Defeats Stevens |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98298226/the-philadelphia-times/ |newspaper=The Times |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |date=November 14, 1886 |page=2 |access-date=March 24, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 20

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Lafayette

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Easton, PA

| score = 0–58

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Lafayette's Vigorous Kickers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98298342/the-philadelphia-times/ |newspaper=The Times |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |date=November 21, 1886 |page=2 |access-date=March 24, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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Crickets of Stevens Institute

The Stevens Institute also operated a second team known as the Crickets, who joined the American Football Union for their inaugural 1886 season. The Crickets compiled a 4–1 record against their opponents in the American Football Union (Their official AFU record would be 3–0, as the Brooklyn Hill contest on October 10 was before the AFU championship series began and November 6 match against the Staten Island Football Club was declared off by the AFU Executive Committee because of poor officiating), and that was enough to crown them Union champions for the season, and to receive the AFU championship pennant in January of the next year.

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 10

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Brooklyn Hill

| site_stadium = Parade Grounds, Prospect Park

| site_cityst = Brooklyn, NY

| score = 22–6

| source = {{Cite news|date=1886-10-10|title=Two Football Games.|pages=7|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57186099/two-football-games/|access-date=2020-08-12}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 16

| time = 4:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| opponent = Brooklyn Hill

| site_stadium = Parade Grounds, Prospect Park

| site_cityst = Brooklyn, NY

| score = 8–6 (8–10 disputed)

| source = {{Cite news|date=1886-10-18|title=Football Notes.|pages=3|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57141435/football-notes/|access-date=2020-08-11}}{{Cite news|date=1886-10-17|title=Football and Lacrosse|pages=3|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57142644/football-and-lacrosse/|access-date=2020-08-11}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 23

| w/l = Unknown

| opponent = Staten Island Football Club

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Staten Island, NY

| score =

| source = {{Cite news|date=1886-10-21|title=Staten Island.|pages=8|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57070336/staten-island/|access-date=2020-08-11}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 30

| w/l = Likely postponed

| opponent = Unions of Columbia

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score =

| source = {{Cite news|date=1886-10-30|title=City and Suburban News|pages=8|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57105658/city-and-suburban-news/|access-date=2020-08-12}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 2

| w/l = w

| opponent = Unions of Columbia

| site_stadium = St. George Cricket Grounds

| site_cityst = Hoboken, NJ

| score = 13–6

| source = {{Cite news|date=1886-11-03|title=Clipped From The New York Times|pages=3|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/823025/the-new-york-times/|access-date=2020-08-12}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 6

| w/l = l

| away = y

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Staten Island Football Club

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Hoboken, NJ

| score = 4–10

| source = {{Cite news|date=1886-11-07|title=Victors At Football.|pages=7|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57077830/victors-at-football/|access-date=2020-08-11}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = December 4

| w/l = w

| opponent = Staten Island Football Club

| site_stadium = St. George

| site_cityst = Staten Island, NY

| score = 10–0

| source = {{Cite news|date=1886-12-05|title=Football Matches.|pages=8|work=The Brooklyn Union|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57107863/football-matches/|access-date=2020-08-11}}

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References

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