1896 Pittsburgh Athletic Club football season

1896 Pittsburgh Athletic Club football
Record2–5–3
Manager
  • James Carothers
Head coach
Captain
  • G. W. Ritchey
Home fieldPAC Park
Seasons
← 1895
1897 →

The Pittsburgh Athletic Club played its seventh season of American football in 1896. The team finished with a record of 2–5–3.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 26Western University of Pennsylvania
W 6–4[1]
October 3at Washington & Jefferson
  • PAC Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
T 0–0[2][3]
October 10Emerald Athletic Club
  • PAC Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 42–0[4]
October 17at Greensburg Athletic AssociationGreensburg, PAL 0–14[5]
October 24West Virginia
  • PAC Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–4[6]
October 31Washington & Jefferson
  • PAC Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–21[7][8]
November 3Duquesne Country and Athletic Club
  • PAC Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 6–12[9]
November 11at Allegheny Athletic Association
L 0–18[10][11]
November 21Greensburg Athletic Association
  • PAC Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
T 0–0[12]
November 26West Virginia[b]
  • PAC Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
T 0–0[13]

Notes

  1. ^ Pittsburgh started the season without a coach. Hoskins became the coach in mid-November.
  2. ^ Thanksgiving Day game

References

  1. ^ "Kickers in Line". The Pittsburg Press. September 27, 1896. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Neither Could Score". The Pittsburg Press. October 4, 1896. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Neither Side Scored". The Pittsburg Post. October 4, 1896. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Easy for P.A.C." The Pittsburg Press. October 11, 1896. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "P. A. C. Defeated". The Pittsburg Press. October 18, 1896. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Osburn's Run Wins the Game". The Pittsburg Post. October 25, 1896. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "East End's Cup Of Sorrow". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 1, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "P. A. C. Defeated". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 1, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Won by Duquesne". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. November 4, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved January 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Free for All Fight". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. November 12, 1896. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Defeated by the All-Stars". The Pittsburg Post. November 12, 1896. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "In a Sea of Mud". The Pittsburg Press. November 22, 1896. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Duquesnes Beaten and the P. A. C.'s Tied". The Pittsburg Post. November 27, 1896. pp. 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.