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1888 Massachusetts Aggies football team

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1888 Massachusetts Aggies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–4
Head coach
  • None
CaptainArthur Nourse
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1887
1889 →
1888 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     13 0 0
Harvard     12 1 0
Princeton     11 1 0
Lehigh     10 2 0
Trinity (CT)     5 1 1
Lafayette     6 3 0
Cornell     4 2 0
Penn     9 7 0
Bucknell     2 3 0
Fordham     1 2 0
Massachusetts     2 4 0
Wesleyan     2 7 0
Worcester Tech     1 4 0
Rutgers     1 6 1
Penn State     0 2 1
Swarthmore     0 5 0

The 1888 Massachusetts Aggies football team represented Massachusetts Agricultural College in the 1888 college football season. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. Massachusetts finished the season with a record of 2–4.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6Trinity (CT)L 0–28
October 13Williston Academy
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 27–0
October 17Williston Academy
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 17–9
October 17Yale freshmen
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
L 0–32
October 18at AmherstAmherst, MAL 0–58[1]
October 30Amherst
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
L 4–45

References

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  1. ^ "Amherst, 58; "Aggies, 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 19, 1888. p. 3. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.