Allegheny Athletic Association
Allegheny Athletic Association
The Allegheny Athletic Association team was assembled in 1890. At that time athletic clubs and associations, ranging from the best with extensive facilities to local organizations with minimum meeting rooms, were in their prime as a source of fraternal fellowship for athletes. In what may have been the first official football game in modern-day Pittsburgh, the club's inaugural season began on October 11, 1890 when Allegheny played the Western University of Pennsylvania (later renamed the University of Pittsburgh) at Exposition Park, on what is today the parking area between PNC Park and Heinz Field, in front of a crowd of 500 spectators. Allegheny won the game easily, 38-0.
