Football Games at Washington Park, Brooklyn

Washington Park I	•	1884-1889	(wood)
Washington Park II	-	1889-1892	(wood)
Washington Park III	-	1898-1914	(wood)
Washington Park IV	-	1915-1916	(concrete & steel)

Football games at Washington Park I:

11/6/1883 Yale 92-Rutgers 0
11/8/1883 Columbia Freshmen 25-Adelphi Academy 0
11/10/1883 Brooklyn Poly v Crescent AC [score?]
11/10/1883 Yale Freshmen 53-Brooklyn Poly 0
11/14/1883 Yale 49-Brooklyn Poly 0
11/17/1883 Brooklyn Poly 21-Adelphi Academy 0 11/18? 22-0?

11/1/1884 Yale v Rutgers postponed
11/4/1884 Adelphi Academy-Brooklyn Polythechnic Institute 0
11/27/1884 Knickerbocker Club (Columbia) 22-Brooklyn Poly 6
11/27/1884 Adelphi Academy 27-Brooklyn Poly 0

11/14/1885 Crescent AC 10-Brooklyn Hill Club 4 [11/26 10-6?]
11/17/1885 Brooklyn Hill FC 10-Cutler School 10
11/26/1885 Columbia Freshmen v Brooklyn Poly [score?]
12/3/1885 Brooklyn Poly 10-Brooklyn Hill FC 10
12/19/1885 Brooklyn Hill FC 1-Columbia 0 Forfeit; no show.

10/30/1886 Crescent AC 26-Brooklyn AC 0

10/29/1887 Princeton Freshmen 48-Brooklyn Hill FBC 0

11/6/1888 Yale 28-Crescent AC 0

10/12/1889 Crescent AC 36-NYAC 0 Moved from the Polo Grounds.
11/5/1889 Yale 18-Crescent AC 0
11/9/1889 Crescent AC 78-Staten Island Cricket Club 0
11/16/1889 Crescent AC 6-Orange AC 0
11/22/1889 Crescent AC v. Princeton ?
11/28/1889 Adelphi Academy 18-Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute 0
12/7/1889 Stevens Prep 2-Adelphi Academy 0
12/14/1889 Stevens Prep 6-Poly Inst. 0

Football games at Washington Park II:

10/4/1890 Yale 16-Crescent AC 6
10/11/1890 Adelphi Academy 6-Brooklyn Poly 0
10/11/1890 Manhattan AC v Crescent AC [not played?]
10/18/1890 Princeton 12-Crescent AC 0 att: 3 to 4,000
10/22/1890 Long Island College Hospital v Prospect FC
11/1/1890 Adelphi Academy 24-Stevens School 0
11/4/1890 Yale 52-Crescent AC 0 6,000
11/8/1890 Adelphi Academy 16-Brooklyn Poly 4
11/15/1890 Stevens School 4-Brooklyn Poly 0
11/15/1890 Crescent AC 40-NYAC 8 40-0?
12/6/1890 Crescent AC 14-Orange AC 0 att: 600

10/15/1892 Adelphi Academy v Brooklyn Latin School
11/8/1892 6th Avenue Baptist Church v Dutch Reformed Church cancelled: 6th Ave. had no team.
11/8/1892 Hanson Place Methodists (W)-Dutch Reform Church (L) score?
11/19/1892 Columbians Club v Brooklyn Latin changed to Eastern Park

Go to Football Games at Washington Park III list.

Notes:
	•	The Old Stone House, a pivotal site for the patriots' withdrawal during the Battle of Brooklyn (Long Island), was the clubhouse for Washington Park.
	•	Washington Park #1 was the home of the major league American Association Brooklyn Bridegrooms (Dodgers) 1884-1889 (burned down)
	•	The Bridegrooms moved to the National League in 1890.
	•	Rebuilt at same site in Gowanus for 1890: Washington Park #2.
	•	Washington Park #2 was the home of the Brooklyn Bridegrooms/Superbas (Dodgers) in 1890.
	•	The NL baseball team moved to Eastern Park in 1891.
	•	Washington Park #3 was built across the way from WP 1 & 2, in Park Slope.
	•	Home field of the National League Brooklyn Superbas (Dodgers) 1898 to 1912.
	•	Home field of the Federal League Brooklyn Tip Tops 1914.
	•	Washington Park #4 was rebuilt in concrete and steel
	•	Home field of the Federal League Brooklyn Tip Tops 1915.

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