Early Indoor Football Games in the New York City and Brooklyn
American Horse Exchange
(Broadway & 50th St.)
12/14/1903 Public School #103 20 - Public School #184 5/6
12/14/1903 Celtic Athletic Club 35 - Monroe Athletic Club 5
Atlantic City Civic Auditorium/Convention Hall
[First full size indoor football field]
10/25/1930 Washington & Jefferson 7 - Lafayette 0
11/21/1931 Davis & Elkins 7 - Quantico Marines 0
11/23/1931 Frankford Legion 41 - Atlantic City Olympics 0 [pro game]
11/4/1932 Davis & Elkins 33 - Seton Hall 6 (night) 5,000
11/11/1932 Delaware 7 - Pennsylvania Military College 6
11/11/1933 Penn Military College 25 - Delaware 0
11/30/1933 Howard 13 - Lincoln 7
11/10/1934 Penn Military College 12 - Delaware 0
11/29/1934 West Virginia 14- Washington & Jefferson 12
12/1/1934 New York Military Academey 7 - Admiral Farragut Academy 0 (n)
11/9/1935 Penn Military College 7 - Delaware 6
11/7/1936 Delaware 6 - Penn Military College 0 (n)
11/11/1936 Penn Military College 6 - La Salle 2 (n) 8,000
11/6/1937 Penn Military College 3 - Delaware 0 (n)
11/5/1938 Penn Military College 32 - Delaware 2 (n) 15,000
11/11/1939 Penn Military College 20 - Delaware 0 (n) 12,000
11/9/1940 Delaware 14 - Penn Military College 7 (n) site?
Atlantic City Convention Center
Boardwalk Bowl:
12/2/1961 Pennsylvania Military College 35 - King's Point Merchant Marine Academy 14 (n) 9,300
Atlantic Coast Footballl League Championship:
12/16/1962 Paterson Miners 17 - Providence Steamroller 14 (2OT) 2,267
Liberty Bowl:
12/19/1964 Utah 32 - West Virginia 6
Boardwalk Bowl:
11/26/1966 King's Point Merchant Marine Academy 46 - Pennsylvania Military Colleges 7 9,200
Boardwalk Bowl:
11/25/1967 King's Point Merchant Marine Academy 39 - Pennsylvania Military Colleges 6 (n) 10,000
11/23/1968 Fordham v Marquette (n) Canceled
Boardwalk Bowl (club):
11/23/1968 Fordham 49 - Catholic U. 22 (night) [club teams]
11/30/1968 Coast Guard Academy 40 - Penn Military College 14 {night}
Post Bowl (junior game):
12/14/1968 Philadelphia Little Quakers v Massapequa Long Island All-Stars
Boardwalk Bowl:
12/14/1968 Delaware 31 - Indiana (Pa.) 24 9,849
11/8/1969 PMC v Wilkes
11/22/1969 St. Peter's 22 - Georgetown 20
Boardwalk Bowl:
12/13/1969 Delaware 31 - North Carolina Central 13 10,585
11/21/1970 Lebanon Valley 16 - PMC 13
Knute Rockne Bowl (Division III East Championship):
11/28/1970 Montclair State 7 - Hampden-Sydney 6 2,720
Boardwalk Bowl:
12/12/1970 Delaware 38 - Morgan State 23 10,078
Knute Rockne Bowl:
11/26/1971 Bridgeport 17 - Hampden-Sydney 12 (night)
Boardwalk Bowl:
12/11/1971 Delaware 72 - C.W. Post 22 10,614
Knute Rockne Bowl:
11/24/1972 Bridgeport 27 - Slippery Rock State 22 (night)
Boardwalk Bowl:
12/9/1972 Massachusetts 35 - Cal Davis 12 2,857
Thanksgiving Bowl:
11/24/1973 Widener 49 - Fordham 20 (night) 3,500
Boardwalk Bowl/College Division Quarter-Finals, Playoffs:
12/1/1973 Grambling State 17 - Delaware 8 12,043
South Jersey Group 4 High School Championship:
12/6/1974 Brick Township HS 21 - Camden HS 20 (night) 5,200
North Jersey Group 4, Section 1 Championship:
12/7/1974 Bergenfield 36 - Paterson Kennedy 0 (night)
North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 Championship:
12/7/1974 Morristown 30 - Bloomfield 10 (night)
Championship:
12/7/1974 Sterling HS 15 - West Wilson 12 (night)
Central New Jersey Interscholastic Group 2 Championship:
12/8/1974 Middlesex HS 24 - Hillsborough HS 6 (night)
North Jersey Section 1, Group 3 Championship:
12/8/1974 Ramapo 46 - Dumont 14 (night)
Belmont Riding Academy
(124th & St. Nicholas)
11/30/1896 Olympia AC 4-Namesias 4
Dickel Riding Academy
(39th St. & 5th Avenue)
1/12/1900 CCNY 25-NY College of Pharmacy 0
Durland Riding Academy
Essex Troop Armory, Roosevelt Ave., West Orange, N.J.
12/8/1923 Troop C 13-Troop A 0
12/16/1923 Orange AA v Frankford Yellowjackets no game
12/23/1923 Orange AA v Stapleton Stapes no game
1/1/1924 Orange AA v Newark AC no game [all three: no game?]
Madison Square Garden #2 (Opened 1890)
1903-80 X 140 feet field;1902-35 X 70 yards
12/13/1890 Manhattan AC 16-Princeton 0
12/13/1890 Pennsylvania W-Rutgers L
11/28/1891 Manhattan AC v
11/26/1892 Manhattan AC/Princeton 6-Varuna Boat Club 0 8,000
11/26/1892 Varuna Boat Club 6-NYAC 0
12/17/1892 Orange AC 6-Varuna Boat Club 0
11/30/1893 Volunteers FC of Harlem 12-Varuna Boat Club 4
11/24/1898 Orange AC 5-Riverside AC 0 att: 800
11/30/1899 St. Alphonsus 6-Crescent Wheelmen 0
11/30/1899 Knickerbocker AC v Laureate Boat Club of Troy, No Game
11/30/1899 Pastime AC Indians 16-New West Side AC 0
11/30/1899 Knickerbocker AC 11/16-Rutgers 0 3,500
12/29/1902 All-Syracuse 5-NY Football Assoc. 0 3,500
12/29/1902 Montor AC (NY) 17- Colonial Football Club (NJ) 5
12/30/1902 Transit AC (NY) 6-Brighton AC (Coney Island) 0
12/30/1902 Knickerbocker FC 11-Warlow AC of Whitestone 6, overtime
12/31/1902 All-Syracuse 36-Knickerbocker FC 0
1/2/1903 Montor AC v Transit AC
1/2/1903 All-Syracuse 36-Orange AC 0
12/14/1903 Olympic AC 6-Knickerbocker Field Club 0
12/14/1903 Watertown AA 5-Oreo AC of Asbury Park 0 att: 2,000
12/15/1903 Mohawk AC of the Bronx 15-St. Peters CLA 0
12/15/1903 Franklin AC (Phil.) 12-Orange AC 0
12/16/1903 Fort Totten 0-Fort Hamilton 0 2,000 NY Harbor Championship
12/17/1903 Olympic AC 12-Mohawk AC 0
12/17/1903 Franklin AC 12-Watertown AA 0 2,500
12/18/1903 Knickerbocker FC 23-St. Peter's 0
12/18/1903 Orange AC 22-Oreo AC 0
12/19/1903 All-Brooklyn 5-All-New York 0, Scholastic all-star game.
12/19/1903 Fort Totten 0-Fort Hamilton 0 NY Harbor Championship
12/19/1903 Watertown AA 11-Orange AC 0
12/19/1903 Knickerbocker FC 21-Mohawk AC 0
Murray's Grand Pavilion Rockaway Beach
8/29/1896 Arverne AC 12-Colonial AC of Far Rockaway 6 (night) att: 600
Riding & Driving Club, Brooklyn
12/21/1898 Sedgewick AC 10-Nyack AC 5
1/3/1900 Hamilton A.A. of Brooklyn 5-Westfield (N.J.) 5
Third Battery Armory, Claremont Ave., Brooklyn
11/6/1902 3rd Battery v Hamilton AC
11/13/1902 Woodhull AC of Jamaica v Mohegan AC
11/13/1902 Amphion AC 12-Third Battery 6 [Maybe 11/20?]
Fourth Regiment Armory, Jersey City
10/18/1895 4th Regiment 4-4th Regiment Scrubs [incl. a female] 4
11/1/1895 4th Regiment 12-4th Regiment 0
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