1896 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team

The 1896 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC) in the 1896 college football season. The Aggies compiled a 1–2–1 record.[1] Although teams representing MAC had played two games against nearby Alma College a decade earlier in 1886, the 1896 season was the first in which MAC fielded a varsity football team for a full season of play.

1896 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–2–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainWilfred R. Vanderhoef
Seasons
1897 →
1896 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Carthage     4 0 0
St. Ignatius College Chicago     1 0 0
Washburn     6 1 1
Iowa Agricultural     8 2 0
Central Michigan     3 1 0
Miami (OH)     3 1 0
Ohio Wesleyan     6 2 0
Detroit College     5 2 0
North Dakota Agricultural     3 1 1
Heidelberg     2 1 0
Ohio     4 2 1
Indiana     5 3 0
Beloit     2 1 3
Missouri     7 5 0
Butler     4 3 0
Iowa State Normal     4 3 0
Notre Dame     4 3 0
Cincinnati     4 3 1
Wittenberg     5 4 0
Baldwin–Wallace     2 2 0
College of Emporia     2 3 0
Ohio State     5 5 1
Lake Forest     3 4 1
Mount Union     3 4 1
Wabash     3 4 0
Drake     2 3 0
Chicago P&S     2 4 2
Michigan Agricultural     1 2 1
Kansas State     0 1 1
Indiana State Normal     0 1 0
Buchtel     0 1 0
Washington University     0 2 0
Doane     0 5 0
Haskell     0 5 0

The team opened the season with a 10–0 victory over Lansing High School on September 26. In the first intercollegiate game of the season, the Aggies lost to Kalamazoo by a 21 to 0 score on October 17. The Aggies then played Alma to a scoreless tie on October 25, before closing its season with an 18–16 loss to Alma on November 11. The 1896 Aggies had no coach.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 26Lansing High School
W 10–0[3]
October 17at KalamazooKalamazoo, MIL 0–24
October 25AlmaLansing, MIT 0–0
November 14AlmaAlma, MIL 16–18[4]

References

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  1. ^ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. p. 146. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  2. ^ 2016 Media Guide, p. 150.
  3. ^ "M.A.C. Juniors Won at Lansing". Detroit Free Press. September 27, 1896. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "The Preachers Were Too Much for the Lansing Farmers". Alma Record. November 20, 1896. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.