The 1892 Pittsburgh Athletic Club football season was their second season in existence. The team finished with a record of 3-3-1. This season also marked the first recorded accounts of professional players being used in American football .
1892 Pittsburgh Athletic Club season
Head Coach
William Kirschner
Home Field
East Liberty Park
Results
Record
3-3-1
Place
No divisions
Playoff Finish
No playoffs
Timeline
Previous season
Next season
1891
1893
Schedule [ ]
Season-by-season [ ]
Year
W
L
T
PCT
PtsF
PtsA
Finish
Coach
League
1891
7
0
0
1.000
113
12
William Kirschner
Independent
1892
3
3
1
.500
113
12
William Kirschner
Independent
1893
7
2
0
.777
84
30
Charley Aull
Independent
1894
4
3
0
.571
56
43
William Kirschner
Independent
1895
7
2
1
.700
69
30
Charley Aull
Independent
1896
2
5
3
.200
0
53
George Hoskins
Independent
1897
[[]]
Independent
1898
[[]]
Independent
1899
[[]]
Independent
1900
[[]]
Independent
1901
[[]]
Independent
Totals
30
15
5
.600
435
180
(including playoffs)
Game notes [ ]
↑ Intersquad scrimmage occurred after the Johnstown Athletic Club failed to show. Pittsburgh's first string defeated the secodbn string, 42-9.
↑ Allegations of professionalism, as A.C. Read , the captain of the Penn State football team , was caught playing in this game for Pittsburgh.
↑ Pudge Heffelfinger played for Allegheny in this game for $500. This made him the first known recorded professional football player.
↑ Thanksgiving Classic
References [ ]