1895 Pittsburgh Athletic Club football season

{{Short description|American football team season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox early American football team season

|team = Pittsburgh Athletic Club

|year = 1895

|image = Pittsburgh Athletic Club football team 1895.jpg

|bg_color = crimson

|text_color = white

|league =

|record = 7–1–2

|chairman = Paul Myler

|manager = Paul Myler

|coach = Harmon S. Graves{{efn|The PAC went without a coach until Graves arrived in late November with only one game remaining. Graves had previously been coaching Army.{{cite news|newspaper=The Pittsburg Post|date=November 20, 1895|page=6|title=Sporting News of the Day|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/152159590/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|newspaper=The Pittsburg Press|date=November 17, 1895|page=10|title=Amateurs|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121593433/|via=Newspapers.com}}}}

|captain = Tommy Roderick

|field = PAC Park

|previous = 1894

|next = 1896

}}

{{1895 Athletic Club football records}}

The Pittsburgh Athletic Club played its sixth season of American football in 1895. The team finished with a record of 7–1–2.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 21

| w/l = w

| opponent = Beaver Falls YMCA

| stadium = PAC Park

| cityst = Pittsburgh, PA

| score = 10–0

| source = {{cite news|newspaper=The Pittsburg Press|date=September 22, 1895|page=6|title=Easy for P. A. C.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122603101/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 28

| w/l = w

| opponent = Shadyside Athletic Club

| stadium = PAC Park

| cityst = Pittsburgh, PA

| score = 54–0

| source = {{cite news|newspaper=The Pittsburg Post|date=September 29, 1895|page=6|title=Football in Full Bloom|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122603192/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 5

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1895|team=Grove City Crimson|title=Grove City}}

| stadium = PAC Park

| cityst = Pittsburgh, PA

| score = 24–0

| source = {{cite news|newspaper=The Pittsburg Post|date=October 6, 1895|page=6|title=Plenty of Excitement|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122603291/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 12

| w/l = w

| opponent = Geneva

| stadium = PAC Park

| cityst = Pittsburgh, PA

| score = 26–0

| source = {{cite news|newspaper=The Pittsburg Post|date=October 13, 1895|page=6|title=P. A. C. Plays Hard and Fast |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85655600/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 19

| w/l = w

| opponent = Washington & Jefferson

| stadium = PAC Park

| cityst = Pittsburgh, PA

| score = 18–4

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=The Local Gridiron |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86103621/pittsburgh-daily-post/ |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Post |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |date=October 19, 1895 |page=6 |access-date=September 27, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=The Rooters Were There |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86103698/pittsburgh-daily-post/ |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Post |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |date=October 20, 1895 |page=6 |access-date=September 27, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 26

| w/l = w

| opponent = Kiskiminetas

| stadium = PAC Park

| cityst = Pittsburgh, PA

| score = 34–0

| source = {{cite news|newspaper=The Pittsburg Post|date=October 27, 1895|page=6|title=Contests on the Gridiron|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122602944/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 5

| w/l = t

| away = y

| opponent = Duquesne Country and Athletic Club

| stadium = Exposition Park

| cityst = Allegheny, PA

| score = 0–0

| source = {{cite web|title=Ten Dollars and Cakes |website=Professional Football Researchers Association |url=https://www.profootballresearchers.org/articles/Ten_Dollars_And_Cakes.pdf |author=PFRA Research |access-date=April 10, 2023 }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 9

| w/l = t

| opponent = Greensburg Athletic Association

| stadium = PAC Park

| cityst = Pittsburgh, PA

| score = 0–0

| source =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 16

| w/l = w

| opponent = Penn State

| stadium = PAC Park

| cityst = Pittsburgh, PA

| score = 11–10

| source = {{cite news|newspaper=The Pittsburg Post|date=November 17, 1895|page=6|title=Stuart's Work Won the Game|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122602668/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 28

| w/l = l

| opponent = Duquesne Country and Athletic Club{{efn|Thanksgiving Day game}}{{efn|Game determined Pittsburgh-area championship.}}

| stadium = PAC Park

| cityst = Pittsburgh, PA

| score = 6–10

| source =

}}

}}

{{cite news|newspaper=The Pittsburg Post|date=December 1, 1895|page=6|title=The Records of the Season|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37992570/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Notes

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