1916 American Cup
The 1916 American Cup was the annual open cup held by the American Football Association. The 1916 edition included 37 of the top eastern teams. The title was won by Bethlehem Steel with a 3-0 win over the Scottish Americans courtesy of a hat trick by Neil Clarke making Bethlehem the first team to win the American and National cups in the same season.
American Cup Bracket
| Second round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Falls F.C. | ||||||||||||||
| Pan-American F.C. | w/o | |||||||||||||
| Pan-American F.C. | 0 | |||||||||||||
| April 24 - Philadelphia | ||||||||||||||
| Fall River Rovers | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Henry Disston F.C. | 0 | |||||||||||||
| May 20 - Fall River | ||||||||||||||
| Fall River Rovers | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Fall River Rovers | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Bethlehem Steel | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Jersey A.C. | 1-1 | |||||||||||||
| April 30 - Newark | ||||||||||||||
| General Electric F.C. | 1-0 | |||||||||||||
| Jersey A.C. | 0 | |||||||||||||
| January 29 - Bethlehem | ||||||||||||||
| Bethlehem Steel | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Bethlehem Steel | 2 | |||||||||||||
| June 10 - Bethlehem | ||||||||||||||
| Clan MacDonald | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bethlehem Steel | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Scottish-Americans | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bridgeport City | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Brooklyn F.C. | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Bridgeport City | 1 | |||||||||||||
| November 27/December 26 - Quincy | ||||||||||||||
| Babcock & Wilcox | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Fore River Rovers | 2-0 | |||||||||||||
| May 21 - Newark | ||||||||||||||
| Babcock & Wilcox | 2-3 | |||||||||||||
| Babcock & Wilcox | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Scottish-Americans | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Kearny Athletics | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scottish-Americans | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Scottish-Americans | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Brooklyn Celtic | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Continental F.C. | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Brooklyn Celtic | 3 | |||||||||||||
Final
June 10, 1916 |
| Kearny Scottish-Americans (NJ) | 0–3 | Bethlehem Steel F.C. (PA) |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Neil Clarke (3) |
Taylor Field, Bethlehem Referee: David M.Whyte |
See also
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