![A clipping from The Sun, New York City, November 30,1899. Small ads under an Old Gothic AMUSEMENTS column. TO-NIGHT/INDOOR FOOT BALL [sic]/AND ATHLETIC SPORTS THIS AFTER. AND EVE./Madison Square Garden/...FOOT BALL- 5 P.M.-St. Alphonsaus A.A. v Crescent Whhelmen./FOOT BALL CARNIVAL/8:00 P.M.-Pastime A.C. vs. New West Side A.C./8:40 P.M.-Union Settlement A.C. vs. Thistle A.C./9:20 P.M.-Wm.Barry Assn. vs. S.J.Kickham Assn. [a soccer game]/10:15 P.M.-Rutgers College vs. Knickerbocker A.C./Admission 50c. Box Office open all day./METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE/ENTIRE AUDITOREUM/DOG SHOW [in scalloped frame] 1,083 Entries/PRIZES/OVER $4,000...Under the auspices of American Pet Dog Club.](http://www.luckyshow.org/football/pics/MSG.jpg) |
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Field Size:
1893- 80 yards long.
1902-35 X 70 yards
1903-80 X 140 feet field
[The regulation football field size in this era was 110 yards X 75 yards.]
| Madison Square Garden #1 | ||
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| 1/19/1889 | University of Pennsylvania 10 - Rutgers 0 | (n.) |
| First half ends 6-0, lacrosse game played at halftime, 2nd half: 4-0. Nine aside. | ||
| Madison Square Garden #2 | ||
| 12/12/1890 | Yale Consolidateds 16 - Springfield YMCA Training School 10 | att: 2,000 |
| 12/13/1890 | Manhattan AC 16 - Princeton 5 | 16-0? |
| 12/13/1890 | Pennsylvania 20 - Rutgers 12 | att: 3,500-4,000 |
| 11/28/1891 | C.C.N.Y. 4 - Manhattan AC 2 | [lacrosse] |
| 11/26/1892 | Manhattan AC/Princeton 6 - Varuna Boat Club of Bay Ridge 0 | att: 8,000 |
| 11/26/1892 | Varuna Boat Club 6 - NYAC 0 | |
| 12/17/1892 | Columbia College Freshmen 6 - CCNY 0 | 30 minute game 0-4? |
| 12/17/1892 | Orange AC 6 - Varuna Boat Club 0 | (night) |
| 12/2/1893 | Volunteers FC of Harlem 12 - Varuna Boat Club 4 | 6,000 11/30? |
| 12/16/1893 | Volunteers v Pastimes AC; Varuna Boat Club v Dobb's Ferry did not happen | |
| 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 - Rutgers 0 | att: 3,500 16-0? |
| 12/29/1902 | All-Syracuse 5 - NY Football Assoc. 0 | att: 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 Catholic Library Assoc. 0 | |
| 12/15/1903 | Franklin AC (Phil.) 12 - Orange AC 0 | |
| New York Harbor Championship: | ||
| 12/16/1903 | Fort Totten 0 - Fort Hamilton 0 | att: 2,000 |
| 12/17/1903 | Olympic AC 12 - Mohawk AC 0 | |
| 12/17/1903 | Franklin AC 12 - Watertown AA 0 | att: 2,500 |
| 12/18/1903 | Knickerbocker FC 23 - St. Peter's CLA 0 | |
| 12/18/1903 | Orange AC 22 - Oreo AC 0 | |
| Scholastic All-Star Game: | ||
| 12/19/1903 | All-Brooklyn 5 - All-New York 0 | |
| New York Harbor Championship: | ||
| 12/19/1903 | Fort Totten 0 - Fort Hamilton 0 | |
| 12/19/1903 | Watertown AA 11 - Orange AC 0 | |
| 12/19/1903 | Knickerbocker FC 21 - Mohawk AC 0 | |
| 12/20/1903 | Franklin AC (Phil.) 16 - Orange AC 0 | |
•Some of the 1902-1903 games were part of the first Professional Football World Series, read about it here!
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