Fort Hancock Historic Football Records

Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook, New Jersey

(research in progress)

1900
Sandy Hook Artillerymen
11/10  L  0-6          Oreo A.C. of Asbury Park
11/17  L  0-5          Long Branch A.C.
12/1   L  8-10         Long Branch (H)

1901
Coast Artillery
10/12  W 16-0       at Seton Hall College
10/    W 32-0          Atlantic Highlands
10/    W  5-0          Fordham
10/27  W  5-0       at Robert Davis Association, at West New York (N.J.) North Hudson
11/2   W 28-0          Brooklyn Navy Yard Marines (H)  23-0?
11/5   W 11-0          Matawan
11/9   W 12-5       at Riverside AC, Newark
11/10  L  5-6       at Newark AC [Artillery]  5-11?
.      L  0-90         Fordham
11/28  L  0-17      at Warlow AC, Knab's Park
Infantry & Artillery
11/2   W 16-6       at Brooklyn Navy Yard Marines ??

1902
.      L  0-6          Fordham

1903
11/3   L  0-24      at Seton Hall
11/7                at Oreo A.C.

1905
10/15  W 26-0       at Knickerbocker AC, at Ontario Field

1906
11/24  L  0-36         Oreos of Asbury Park

1907
(No team due to soldiers having been detailed to Sea Girt)

1908
.      L  7-17         Fordham

1909
.      L  0-17         Fordham
10/24  L  0-3       at Fort Totten [probably (?) Fort Hamilton] (discrepancy in Flushing Times)
.      L               Fort Slocum [said to be only L of year]

                    Article from The Daily Standard, Red Bank, New Jersey, November 26, 1909, titled: A Strong Football Eleven. The Fort Hancock football team has been defeated but once during the season, being beaten by the Fort Slocum team. The reason given for Fort Hancock's defeat is that their coach was transferred recently from Sandy Hook to Fort Socum and gave away all the signals of the Fort Hancock team,

11/5   W 10-0       at U.S.S. Ohio  at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

1910
10/14  W  6-0          U.S.S. Connecticut

1912
.      L 12-24         Fordham
.      L  0-59         Fort Slocum

1913
11/29  L  0-10      at Atlantic Highlands HS

1914
.      L 14-16         Fordham

1915
.      L  6-10         Fordham
12/2     ?             Essex County A.A.

1916
11/5    ?              Lincoln A.C., at Recreation Grounds, Haledon
11/25  L 12-13         Atlantic Highlands

1917
24th Company/ 9thCoast Artillery Command  (New York Area Post Champions)
10/28  W  7-6          6th Company Regulars  [intra-Fort game]  10/27?
11/4   W  8-7          4th Company Regulars [intra-Fort game]
11/11  T  6-6       at Rockaway FBC, at Ocean Country Club Field, Far Rockaway  11/12?
11/25   ?              Rockaway FBC (H)
11/29  L  0-69         Fort Hamilton, at Ebbets Field  [benefit]  0-60?


1918
10/30  L  0-28      at Pelham Bay Naval Reserves, at Travers Island
11/2   L  7-32      at Fort Slocum
.      L               Philadelphia Navy Yard
11/17   ?              Long Branch Stars
Sandy Hook Ordinance Department
11/23  L  0-7       at Camp Vail
11/28  T  0-0          Camp Alfred Vail, at Romson Country Club, Red Bank, New Jersey 
  Sandy Hook Proving Ground Inter-Division Game:
10/12  Artillery Division 16 - Ordinance Division 0, at Rumson Country Club, Long Branch 

1919
10/18  L  7-13      at Fort Dupont & Fort Mott Coast Artillerymen, at Delaware City, Del.
.      L  7-14         Fordham
.      L  7-21         Fordham
.      L  6-27         Fordham  
11/1    ?              Camp Vail

1920

1921
10/22  L  0-13      at Camp Vail
10/29   ?              Fort Jay (Governors Island)
11/9    ?              Fort Slocum (H)
11/12  canceled        Mineola Aviators (Mitchel Field) (H)
11/19   ?              Fort Totten (H)

1922
.      L  0-67         Camp Vail

1923
10/28  L  0-55         Camp Vail  0-60?
.      L  0-19         Camp Vail

1924
10/12  L  0-34      at Ocean Park A.C.
10/26  L  0-25      at Sterner Lumber Company of Belmar  0-34?
11/8     ?          at Sterner Lumber Company of Belmar
.      L  0-33         Camp Vail

1925
7th Coast Artillary
.      W               Miller Field
11/1   W               Fort Hamilton
      2nd Army Corp Area Championship
11/8   T  0-0          16th Infantry, Fort Jay, at Fort Hamilton  1,000
11/11    ?             Sterner Lumber Company (Belmar)
      2nd Army Corp Area Championship
11/15  L  0-7          16th Infantry, Fort Jay, at Fort Hamilton

1926
Marines
11/25  L               Ocean Park A.A. ["undefeated before this game"]
11/28  L  0-18      at Vons, at Buccleuch Park, New Brunswick

1927
,      T  6-6          Manasquan AC Blue Jays
11/24  L  0-12         Manasquan AC Blue Jays, at State Grounds, Sea Girt

1928
11/4     ?             Red Bank Cavalrymen (Troop E)
11/11 canceled      at Red Bank Cavalrymen (Troop E)  11/18?

1929
10/27  L  0-6          Highlands FBC
11/10  L  0-26         Long Branch A.C., at Hunter's Field

1930
Oct.   W               Neptune Field Club
Oct.   W 14-0          Fort Monmouth
Oct.   W               Long Branch A.C.
10/12  T  0-0       at Neptune City     1,000
10/19  L  8-13      at Saracens, at Green Brook Park          2,500 6-13?
11/2   W 12-6          Fort Monmouth (H)  13-6? 14-0?
11/11  W  2-0          Fort Monmouth, at Red Bank High School
11/22   ?           at Fort Totten 62nd Coast Artillery
   [I think win v Fort Hamilton, mentioned in paper, was really Ft. Monmouth v Fort Hamilton]

1931                   
Sandy Hook 
10/4   L  0-7       at Cedar Brook A.C., Cedar Brook Park, Plainview
10/11  W  6-0          Fort Hamilton (H)
10/18  W 12-0          Fort Totten (H)
10/25  W 12-6          Fort Slocum (H)  10/26?
11/1   W 19-0       at West Point Field Artillery Detachment
11/11  W 14-0          Fort Monmouth, at Red Bank, N.J.  2,000
11/15  L  0-7       at Varsity Club of Perth Amboy  of Paterson?
11/22  W 34-0          Fort Jay, at Red Bank
12/13  L  0-6       at Leonardo FC, at Middletown Township HS Field  {benefit}

1932
10/2   L  6-14      at Cedar Brook A.C, at Cedar Brook Park, Plainfield
10/23  L  0-7       at Perth Amboy Varsity Club  0-6?
10/30  canceled        Carteret A.C.
11/6     ?          at Rahway A.C.
11/11  L  6-14         Fort Monmouth, at Red Bank HS, NJ  3,000-5,000
11/20  L  0-26      at Fort Totten
11/27  L  0-27      at Leonardo FC, Johnson's Field  {benefit}  2,500

From the Asbury Park Press, Abury Park, New Jersey, November 10, 1932.  Reading: FOOTBALL/Armistice Day, 2 P.M., Nov. 11/FORT MONMOUTH/(Army Signal School)/FORT HANCOCK/(Coast Artillery From Sandy Hook)/at Red Bank H.S. Stadium/1--Troops, preceded by their bands, march into stadium at 1:45 p.m./2--American Legion ceremonies between halves./3--American Legion parade thru Red Bank immediately after game./GENERAL ADMISSION....50c.

1933
10/5     ?          at Belmar Braves, at Memorial Field, Belmar (night)
10/8   L  0-38      at Cedar Brook A.C., at Cedar Brook Park, Plainfield
10/15  W  7-6          Governors Island (H)
10/22  L  6-12      at Matewan AC  6-13?
.      L  0-25         Perth Amboy Varsity Club
.      L  0-39         Plainfield AC
11/11  L  0-27         Fort Monmouth, at Asbury Park  3-4,000
11/26  L 13-28         Fort Totten (H)

1934  coach- Lt. Doyle
10/21  L  0-18      at Fort Totten  3,100
10/28  L  0-13      at Tetley's Phantoms, at Branchport Avenue Field, Red Bank
11/4     ?          at Plaza A.C., at old North Plainfield High Field, 
11/11  L  6-33         Fort Monmouth, at Freehold Fairgrounds

1935
10/20  L  0-27      at Cedar Brook A.C., Cedar Brook Park, Plainfield
10/27  W  7-6          Red Bank Quadrangles (H)
11/3   L  7-13      at Fort Jay (Governors Island)
11/10               at Matawan A.C.
11/17  rain out     at Fort Monmouth
11/17   ?           at Fort Hamilton (may have been postp. to 11/24 ?)

1936  Monmouth County Semi-Pro Conference
10/4   L  0-13         Red Bank Quadrangles (H)
10/11  L  0-32      at Fort Monmouth
10/18  L  6-39      at Leonardo Field Club
11/1   L  0-45      at Fort Jay Hawks  2,000
11/8   L  0-13      at Freehold Rugmills
11/15  L  0-27      at Ft. DuPont Red Raiders
11/22  L  0-7       at West End Wildcats, Long Branch

1937
52nd Coast Artillery
10/3   W  6-0       at Fort Totten [6-6-0 v Ft. Totten since 1925]
10/10   ?           at Freehold Gulistans
10/17  L  6-20      at Fort Jay
10/24  L  7-12      at West End Wildcats, at Long Branch Speedway Field
10/31  L  6-22         South Amboy Tigers, at Red Bank
11/11  W 18-6          Fort Monmouth, at Red Bank Field
11/21  L  0-14         Red Bank Quadrangles, at McClaskey's Field, Newman Springs Road  1,500
11/28 postponed        Naval Receiving Station (Navy Yard) of Washington, at New Roosevelt Stadium, Union City [charity]  [rain]
12/8   no game      at Lakewood
12/5   W  8-6          Naval Receiving Station (Navy Yard) of Washington, at New Roosevelt Stadium, Union City  5,000  [charity]

1938   Army Service Football League, Monmouth County Semi-Pro Conference (1-5-0 conf.)
9/25   L  0-6          Red Bank Quadrangles (H)
10/16  L  6-24      at Fort Hamilton
10/23  L  0-20         Fort Jay, at Roosevelt Stadium, Union City  [charity game]  2,000
11/11  W  7-6       at Fort Monmouth
11/27   ?              Red Bank Quadrangles

1939  
10/1   L  0-7       at U.S. Medical Field Service School, at Carlisle
10/15  T  0-0       at Fort Hamilton  1,500

1940  (Monmouth County Semi-Pro Conference)
10/6   W 12-0          South Amboy Tigers (H)
10/13  W  6-0          Freehold Gulistans (H) 2,000
10/20  L  6-19      at Leonardo Field Club  1,200
10/27  L  0-6       at Fort Monmouth
11/3   L  6-14         Toms River (H)
11/10  L  0-13      at Long Branch A.C.  1,000
11/24  L  0-25      at Highlands A.A.
12/8    ?           at Lakewood Firemen

1941  (Monmouth County Semi-Pro Conference)
Post Championship/Inter-Regimental Championship
10/_   57th Regiment 0 - 7th Coast Artillery 0
10/11  57th Regiment 7 - 7th Coast Artillery 0  pos. 10/13
Fort Hancock Artillerymen
10/12 postponed        Freehold Gulistans
10/19  L  7-31      at Leonardo Field Club  1,500
10/26  L  7-25      at Carlisle Barracks
11/2   L  0-36         Fort Monmouth, at Asbury Park HS Stadium  4,500 [Chinese Relief benefit]

1959
6-man football
1st Army Flag Football championships, at West Point (double elimination)
11/18  L  0-38         Fort Monmouth 

1960
6-man football
1st Army Flag Football championships, at West Point (double elimination)
11/15  L 14-38         Fort Monmouth
11/    W               Fort Monmouth
Final:
11/    L               Fort Dix
  2nd place finish  (incomplete results)

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