All Football games played by

Seton Hall College & University

Team photograph of the 1893 Seton Hall College football team.
The 1893 Seton Hall College Foot Ball Eleven

Football games played by Seton Hall

1882 rugby style
.      L  0-1t  at St. John's Div. I (Fordham) {0-1t}
.      L  1t-2t    St. John's Div. I (Fordham) (H) {1t-2t}

1883
11/17  L  0-60  at Stevens Institute
12/9   L  2-6      St. John's Div. I (Fordham)
12/    L  2-8      St. John's Div. I (Fordham)
12/    W  2-0      St. John's Div. I (Fordham)
12/    W 10-0      St. John's Div. I (Fordham)

1884
.      L  4-10     St. John's Div. I (Fordham)

1885
12/3   W 14-0   at St. John's Div. I (Fordham)
12/8   W 36-0      St. John's Div. I (Fordham) (H)
12/10  W 12-0   at St. John's Div. I (Fordham)

1886
10/21  W 32-0   at Orange AC
11/4   W 63-0      Montclair AC

1887 No team

1888
.      W 12-0      St. John's Div. I (Fordham)
.      L           St. John's Div. I (Fordham)
.      W           St. John's Div. I (Fordham) 

1889
Alerts:
.      W 28-0      Oritani Field Club
11/    L           Prospects FBC
11/23  W 18-4      Bedford FC (H)

1890
Alerts:
10/18  L  4-24     Bedford AC (H)  [0-12?]
11/22  W 24-6      Prospect AC (H)  [6-56?] [L 6-24?] [W 24-0???]

1891
Alerts:
10/24  T  0-0      Bedford FBC (H)
10/31   ?          Prospect FBC (H)
11/19  L (forf.)at Orange AC 2nds [SH plays 2 minutes, quits]

1892
10/15  W 12-0      Brooklyn Poly
10/22  W 14-0      Volunteers AC (H)
10/29  no game     Princeton Prep (H)
10/29  L  0-10     Pronceton Freshmen (H) 
11/5   no game     Varuna Boat Club
11/8   W 66-0      Montauks Club (H)
11/10  canceled    St. John's of Fordham
11/9   W 16-0      Palma Club of Jersey City (H) [had as 0-16] 11/12?
11/17              Newark AC (H)
11/19              Tenakill AC (H)
Freshmen:
11/3   canceled    St. John's of Fordham “Invincibles”

1893
Alerts:
10/7   W 18-4      Entre Nous Club of Paterson (H)
10/14  W 26-0      St. Jerome's Lyceum (H)  [10/10?]
10/21  W 36-0      St. Agnes Lyceum, Paterson (H)
10/28  T  0-0      Varuna Boat Club (H) {Seton Hall claims 4-0 win}  [10/18?]
11/30    ?         Governor's Island  [not played?]
Senators (2nds):
11/7   W 22-0      Cleveland Street AC of Orange  [maybe played by Alerts]
11/17  W 74-0      Jersey City HS (H)
11/18   ?          CCNY Juniors
11/30  W 24-0      St. Peter's (H) 34-0?

1894
Alerts:
10/1               NJAC  [10/11?]
10/13  W           Roseville AA  11/17?
10/20  W           Jersey City Field Club
10/27  L  0-8      Willet's Point Engineers Corp (H)  [2-8?  10/20?]
11/6   L  0-6   at Roseville AC
11/29  W  4-0      Littleton of Newark
Seconds:
11/6               Majestic FBC (H)
Juniors:
11/7   W 36-0      Iron Cross of Jersey City
12/8   W  8-4      Orions AC

1895
Alerts:
.      W 26-0      Roseville AA
10/19  W  6-4      Manhattan College (H)
10/26  T  6-6      Willet's Point Engineers Corp (H)
11/5   W  8-0      Iron Cross of Jersey City (H)
11/16  L  0-12  at Manhattan
Juniors:
11/5    ?          Hoboken HS, at St. George Cricket Grounds, Hoboken

1896
Alerts:
10/3   W 22-0      St. Francis Xavier (H)
10/15  W 20-0      St. Peter's (H)
10/17  W 40-0      Madison AC (H)
11/3   W 18-0   at Madison AC (H?) 
.      T  0-0      Newark Mystics
11/26  W 14-0      Morristown Field Club
Senators/2nds:
10/17  W 53-_      Crescents of Harlem
10/30  W 20-6      St. John's Prep
11/3   L  0-16     Totowa AC of Paterson (H)
Crescents (jrs/3rds) (105 lbs. avg.):
10/15  W 10-4      St. Peter's Tyros (H)
10/20  W  4-0      Kensington Juniors (H)
.       ?          Kensingtons of Lafayette
11/3   W 12-0      St. Francis Xavier HS (H) (opponent called "Unknowns of NY")
11/26  W  6-4      Motor Team of Brooklyn (H)

1897
Alerts:
10/2   W 10-8      Richmond Field Club
10/9   W  6-0      Catholic Club of Jersey City (H) [pos. 2nd game between the teams]
.                  Newark FC
.                  Riverside AC of Newark
10/16  canc.    at St. Peter's, at International Baseball Park [cancelled]
10/16  W 20-0      Murray Hill FA (H)
10/30  W 30-0      Morristown Field Club, at Newark
11/2    ?       at Ex-Collegians of Jersey City  [10/9?]
11/2   w  4-0   at Catholic Club, at Pacific AC Baseball Field, Jersey City
11/6   W 16-10     Hackettstown Institute [Centenery College of N.J. today) (H)
11/11  W 18-0      St. Francis Xavier (H) [only one half played due to darkness]
11/25  W 18-0      Passaic Wheelmen
Senators (2nds):
10/9   W  6-0      Jersey City YMCA, at Orange Oval [Alerts ?]
Crescents (3rds/jrs.):
10/14  W 22-0      D.M. School of Orange
11/2               Iron Cross of Jersey City
11/2               Calumets of Brooklyn
11/11              "private school" of NYC

1898
10/1   W 18-0      Nutley AC (H)
10/8   L  0-51     Knickerbocker AC (H)
10/15   ?          Riverside AC (H)
10/22  W 34-0      Crescent Field Club of N.J. (H)
10/27  W 12-0      Seton Hall Alumni
11/1   T  0-0   at Fordham (St. John's)
11/12  W 12-10     Trenton State Normal School
11/19  postp.      Fordham (H)  [postponed to 11/26]
11/26   ?          Fordham (H)

1899
10/7   W 12-10     Murray Hill FA (H)
10/11  W 29-0      Jersey City AC
.      W 31-6      Bloomfield AC
.      W 30-0      Warren AC
10/21  W 15-0      Seton Hall Alumni
11/7   W 17-0      Fordham (H)
11/11  no game?    St. Stephen's FC of Brooklyn (H)
11/11  L  5-10  at Orange AC, at Orange Oval
11/18  W 30-0      McChesney Business College
11/25  W 35-0      Madison AC (N.J.)
12/25  W 11-0      Madison AC
.      L  0-12     Fordham Reserves?

1900
.      W 20-0      Seton Hall Alumni
9/29   W 11-5      Nassau Club of Princeton (H)
10/6   L  6-11     Eaton Business College (H)
10/10  W 29-0      St. Francis Xavier (H)
10/13   ?          Knickerbocker AC (H)
.       ?          Orange AC
.      L  0-23     Newark AC
10/27              NJ State School (H)
.      W 18-0      Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons
11/6               Jerseys, at Jersey City
.      L  5-6      5th U.S. Artillery    
11/10              Dreadnaught AC (H)
.      W  6-5      5th U.S. Artillery
11/17  W 17-0      Willet's Point Engineers Corp (H)
11/24  W 16-6      Jersey City AC (H)

1901
.      W 18-0      Seton Hall Alumni
10/5   L  0-22     Robert Davis Association, at St. George Cricket Ground, Hoboken
10/12  L  0-16     Ft. Hancock, Sandy Hook (H)
10/30  W  6-0      Nassau Club of Princeton (H)
11/2   canc.    at NYU, at St. George Cricket Grounds, Hoboken  [cancelled]
.      W 41-0      Fordham
.      W 26-0      Post-Collegiates
.      W 10-0      All-Collegiates
.      W  1-0 f.   Savoy AC  [forfeit]
11/23  W 16-12     University & Bellevue Medical College (H)
Senators/2nds/juniors
11/5   W 16-0      Madison AC (H)
Oreate Club (130 lb. avg.):
Alumni:
10/26  W 42-0      Columbia AC  (H)  [0-40? 0-49?]

1902
10/18  L 11-22     Villanova (H)
10/25  W 28-0      St. Stephen's (H) 
10/30  W  6-0      Nassau Club of Princeton (H)  ["1 TD & 1 Goal" could mean 9-0?]
11/1   postp.      Orange AC
11/9   L  0-17  at Rutgers Prep
11/13  L  0-5
Senators/juniors:
11/15  W  6-0      St. Agnes of Paterson
Imperials:

Alumni:
10/26   ?          Columbia AC

1903
.      W 12-0      Peerless Field Club
.      W 18-0      Seton Hall Alumni
10/14  W 34-0      Philadelphia Dental College (H)
10/17 canceled  at Manhattan (at Hilltop Park)
10/24  W  5-2      Manhattan (H)
10/25  no game     St. Stephen's (H)  [not played]
10/28  W 39-0      Villanova (H)
11/3   W 24-0      Fort Hancock (H)
11/11  W 41-0      Columbia Law (H)
11/14   ?          Pratt Institute (H)
11/19  W  1-0   at Villanova  [FORFEIT]

1904
.      W 36-0      Seton Hall Alumni
10/8   W 12-0      Pratt Institute (H)
10/12   ?          Manhattan (H)
10/21  W 31-4      Orange AC
10/29  W 26-0      Delaware (H)
11/8   W 59-0      Xavier AA of NY  50-0?
11/14  W 17-0      University of Maryland (H)
11/19 canceled  at Manhattan  [Manhattan dropped football early November]
11/19  W  6-0   at Fordham
11/24  L  6-11     Forest Hill Field Club, at Orange Oval
.      L  0-6      Philadelphia Dental School

1905
9/30   W 71-0      St. Francis College of Brooklyn  71-5?
10/4   L  0-21  at Columbia, at Hilltop Park
10/21  W 22-10  at Rutgers, at Neilson Field
.      W 34-0      All-Collegiates
.      W 21-0      Crescent AC of Philadelphia 

1906

1907
11/16   ?          CCNY (H)  [11/13?]

1908-1909  No games?

1910
10/1     ?         Webb Academy  
.      L  0-21     Blair Hall School

1911
11/4     ?      at Stevens  [not played?]

1912 No records.

1913(~ 5-1-0)
10/18  L  0-21  at Fordham
.      W 20-0      Passaic
.      W 57-0      Fordham "B"
.      W 40-0      Prospect AC
11/15  W 60-0      St. Francis of Brooklyn  [40-0?]
11/27  W 14-6   at St. Peter's, at Jersey City Baseball Grounds  [SH Prep?]

1914 No games?
10/16  Drop football.

1915
Football prohibited by school; season canceled

1922
10/21  W 30-0      Cooper Union (H)  [SH Prep?]
.      W 33-7      Upsala College
.      W 13-6      Bayonne HS
.      L  0-35     Brooklyn Evening HS
11/25  L  0-37     Pennington Prep

1923
.      L  7-25     Pennington School
.      W 19-6      Penn Freshmen
.      L  0-7      Cooper Union
.      W  7-6      Trenton State
.      L  0-44     St. Joseph's

1925
Freshmen:
.      L  0-34     Seton Hall Prep
11/7   W 53--0     Alumni  

1926
10/2   canceled    Temple
10/2   W 13-0   at Curtis HS, at Thompson Stadium  [prep?]
10/23  canceled at NY Aggies
11/13  canceled    Albright College
  Varsity cancels season.
Freshmen:
.      W  7-0      Newark Academy
.      W 13-0      Curtis HS
10/30  L  6-7      Fordham Freshmen
11/6   W 21-6      St. John's JV
11/11  T  0-0      St. Peter's Prep
11/13  W 13-0      St. John's Freshmen
11/20  L  0-47  at NYMA

1927
Freshmen:
10/20  L  2-7      CCNY Reserves
10/29  W 13-2      CCNY JV (H)
11/5   L  0-26     Villanova Freshmen
11/12  L  0-46     Fordham Freshmen
.      T  0-0      Upsala College

1928
Freshmen:
10/6   T  6-6   at NYMA
10/12  L  0-29     St. Peter's Prep
10/27  L  0-19     Manhattan Freshmen (H)
11/3   L  0-6      Trenton Normal   [SH Prep?]
11/17  T  0-0      McKenzie School  [SH Prep frosh?]

1929 No team.

1930 (2-4-0)
10/4   L  0-21     Manhattan College, at Newark
10/11  L 12-44  at CCNY
.      L  0-6      St. Francis (Pa.))
10/25  L  7-18     All-Coast Guard
11/15  W 84-0      Brooklyn (H)  85-0?
11/22  W 98-0      Moravian (H)

1931 (3-4-0)
9/26   L  0-6   at CCNY  2,000
.      W 18-6      East Stroudsburg State
10/10  W  7-6   at Canisius  [7-2?]
10/17   ?          U. of Baltimore (H)  [prob. no game]
10/30  L  0-7      New River (W. Va.), at Thompson Field, Stapleton (night)  1,000 [called Home game]
11/7   L  0-6      Lowell Textile
11/11  L  0-44  at All-Coast Guard, New London
11/28  W  4-0   at Upsala, at Ashland Stadium  [benefit] {"Championship of 'the Oranges'"}

1932 (~3-4-0)
9/24   W 18-0      East Stroudsburg Normal
9/27  scrimmage at Columbia 2nds [no scoring]
10/8   L  0-31  at Manhattan College, at Ebbet's Field  10,000
10/15  L  0-46     Villanova
10/22  L  0-26     Canisius
11/4   L  6-33     Davis & Elkins, at Atlantic City Municipal Auditorium [Indoors] (night)  5,000
11/12  W 22-6      Brooklyn (H)
11/19  W 19-0      Lowell Textile (H)

1933
10/21  no game  at Manhattan College, at Ebbets Field

1940
10/20  L  7-20     Scranton Freshmen

1941
10/13  W 12-6      Scranton Freshmen
11/9   W 20-7      Marianopolis


1947
10/5   L  0-40     Iona Prep  [SH Prep?]

Club team:

1965
10/8   W 28-6      Marist, at Newark Stadium (n)
10/23  L  6-34     Fordham
10/30  no game  at Iona (n)
10/30  W 20-6   at Marist (n)
11/19  W 28-7   at St. Peter's, at Roosevelt Stadium (n)

1966 (4-2-1)
10/1   W  6-0      Siena (H)
10/8   L 15-22  at Marist (n)
10/15  L  6-13     Jersey City State (H)
10/22  W 18-0   at King's (Pa.)
10/29  W  6-0      Fordham (H)  3,000
11/4   T 14-14  at Iona (n)   
11/20  W 14-6      St. Peter's (H)  2,500

1967 (5-2-0)
9/30   W 26-24     Manhattan College (H)
10/14  L  7-13  at Jersey City State (n) Roosevelt Stadium  6,000
10/22  W 28-6      Georgetown (H)  1,700
10/29  W 26-15     Providence (H)
11/4   L  7-20  at Adelphi
11/12  W 25-0      Scranton (H)
11/18  W 19-7   at St. Peter's (n) Roosevelt Stadium

1968
9/27   L  7-17  at Iona   5,000  9/28 Home?
10/5   L 19-20     King's College (Pa.) 
10/11  W 51-0      Norwalk Community College (H) Newark-Rutgers orig, sched. ?
10/18  W 14-7      Jersey City State (H)  10/19 night?
10/26  W 18-14  at Manhattan
11/8   W 26-14     Marist
11/17  W 46-18  at Providence
.      L 13-28     Georgetown

1969 (2-5-0)
9/27   W 26-20  at Iona (n?) (orig. sched. 9/26 night)
10/4   L  7-21     King's (Pa.) (H) (n)
10/11  L  7-14     Fairleigh Dickinson (H) (n)
10/25  L  0-20     Providence (H) (n)
11/2   L  7-14     Manhattan (H)
11/9     ?      at Marist  [prob. not played?]
11/15  L  0-35  at St. Peter's [Roosevelt Stadium?] (n)
11/22  W 27-18     Rutgers (Newark) (H) (n)


1970
9/27   W 20-13     Iona (H)
10/3   W 21-0      American Univ.
10/10  no game     St. Joseph's (Montvale, NJ) (H)
10/10  W 42-0   at Fairleigh Dickinson
10/17  L 15-26     Georgetown(H)
10/24  L  6-51     Army "B" (H)
10/31  L  0-14     Paterson State, at Wayne, N.J.
11/7   L  0-7 f?   St. John's (H)  [forfeit?]
11/20  W  6-0   at St. Peter's, Roosevelt Stadium (n) {pos. orig. sched'd 11/13}

1971(6-2-0)
9/24   L 21-27  at Iona (n)
.      W 24-6      Concordia
10/9   W 35-7      FDU (H) 
10/16  W  7-6      Fordham (H)  3,517 (3-1 after game)
10/23  W 21-0      Pace
10/29  L  6-32     William Paterson State (H)
.      W 14-7      Newark State
11/13  W 35-0      St. Peter's (H)  1,500  (6-2 after game]

1972
9/15   W 16-0   at Upsala (n)
9/22   W 20-`13    Iona (H) (n)
9/30   W 14-0      University of New Haven
10/7  postponed at FDU  [rain]
10/8   W 13-7   at FDU
10/14  L 12-20     Jersey City State (H)
10/21  W 13-9      St. Peter's (H) (n)
10/28  W 36-7      Newark State (H)  [at?] 
11/11  W 29-0      Pace (H)
11/18  W 13-7   at Fordham  2,398  [7-1]
   Eastern Club Bowl/Empire Bowl Championship 
   The Schaeffer Bowl	 at Jack Coffey Field, Fordham:
11/25  W 20-18     Marist  3,000

NCAA Division III:

1973 (3-5-0)
9/14   L  6-30     Upsala (club) (H) (night)  [pos. 9/15 day]
9/22   L 20-21     Hofstra (H)
9/29   W 42-0      Rutgers-Newark (H) (n)
10/6   L 17-18  at Fordham
10/12  L 19-45  at Jersey City State (n)
10/20  L  7-27     New York Tech (H)
10/27  W 10-7   at Newark State (Kean), D'Angelo Field
11/3   canceled    St. Peter's (H)  [St. Peter's canceled rest of season 10/16]
11/10  W 24-0      Rochester Tech (H)

1974 (7-2-0)
9/     L (scr.)    Western Connecticut [SCRIMMAGE]
9/    scrimmage    Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy
9/21   L  7-27     Cheyney State (H)
10/5   L 23-42  at C.W. Post  1,832
10/12  W 41-18     Jersey City State (H)
10/19  W 14-13  at New York Tech  att: 800
10/26  W 14-12  at Hofstra
11/2   W 31-0      St. Peter's (H) (night)  (35-0?)
11/9   W 38-0   at Upsala
11/16  W 26-13     Kean (H)
11/23  W 27-0      Fordham (H)

1975 (2-7-1)
9/20   L  6-26  at Cheyney State
9/27   W 13-0      Kean (H)
10/4   L 14-35     C.W. Post (H)
10/11  T  7-7   at Fordham
10/18  L  6-16  at Trenton State
10/25  L  0-21     Hofstra (H)
11/1   W 34-0   at St. Peter's
11/8   L  8-21     Upsala (H)
11/15  L  0-41  at Kings Point MMA
.      L  0-42     Wagner (H)  (0-40?)

1976 (3-5-2)
9/18   W 31=19  at Rochester
9/25   L 14-15     Kean College (H)
10/2   T 21-21  at Montclair State
10/9   T 22-22     Fordham (H)
10/16  L 15-21     Trenton State (H)
10/23  L  0-7   at Hofstra
10/30  W  6-2      St. Peter's (H) (night)
11/5   L 14-23  at Upsala
11/13  L 10-43     King's Point MMA (H)
11/20  W  7-6   at Wagner

1977 (3-5-0)
9/17   L  0-20     Wagner (H)  4,000
9/24   L  6-41  at Rochester
10/1   L  0-6   at Montclair State (night)
10/8   L 10-21  at Fordham
10/15  W 14-7   at Trenton State
10/21  L  6-28     Hofstra (H) (night)
10/28  W 26-0      St. Peter's (H)
11/4   W 19-11     Upsala (H)
11/12  no game  at Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy
     Note: Seton Hall dropped football 6/2/1977; reinstatated 6/14/1977.

1978  (5-4-0)
9/15   L  2-7   at Hofstra
9/23   W 22-7      Cheyney State (H)
9/30   L 22-34     Fordham (H)
10/7   L 15-30     Montclair State (H) [neutral site?]
10/14  W 34-20  at St. Peter's
10/21  W 17-0      Pace College (H)
10/28  W 27-24  at Wagner
11/4   L 14-16     Upsala (H) [neutral site?]
11/11  W 40-21     Coast Guard Academy (H)

1979 (4-4-1 w/for.) [3-5-1])
9/15   W 27-10     Hofstra (H)
9/22   L  9-10  at Cheyney State  6,711
9/29   W 17-8   at Trenton State
10/6   L  8-27     Montclair State (H) [neutral site?]
10/13  T 27-27  at Pace College
10/20  L 14-19     Wagner (H)
10/27  W forf.  at Fordham  [Fordham won 10-0 but forfeited due to ineligible player] 5,193
11/3   L  7-13     Upsala College (H) [neutral site?]
11/10  W 35-20  at Coast Guard Academy

1980 (0-9-0)
  “Pride Bowl”
9/13   L  0-26     Cheyney State, at Newark, N.J. (benefit)  13,167
9/19   L  6-28  at Hofstra
9/27   L  6-21     Trenton State (H)
10/4   L  0-28  at Wagner
10/11  L 16-28  at Montclair State
10/18  L  6-21     Pace College (H)
10/25  W forf.     Fordham (H)  [Fordham won 14-0 14-9? but forfeited due to ineligible player]
11/8   L  3-19  at Upsala College
11/15  L 25-44     Wiliam Paterson (H)
.                  Jersey City State

1981 (2-7-0)
9/12   W 21-12     St. Peter's  (H)
9/18   L  6-28     Hofstra (H) (night)
10/3   W 19-0   at Catholic University
10/10  L  2-20  at Montclair State
10/17  L  8-37  at Pace College
10/24  L  6-27  at Fordham
10/31  L  7-45     Wagner (H)
11/7   L  0-20     Upsala (H)
11/13  L  7-30  at William Paterson College

1982
Discontinued football.

Notes:
•Seton Hall founded 1856.
•Nicknames: Pirates, “Old Setonia”

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