1923 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team

The 1923 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC) as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In their first year under head coach Ralph H. Young, the Aggies compiled a 3–5 record and were outscored by their opponents 144 to 56.[1]

1923 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
CaptainMaurice R. Taylor
Home stadiumCollege Field
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Marquette     8 0 0
Michigan Mines     2 0 0
Notre Dame     9 1 0
Western State Normal (MI)     6 1 1
Haskell     11 2 1
Butler     7 2 0
Central Michigan     5 1 2
Baldwin–Wallace     5 2 1
Cincinnati     6 3 0
Loyola (IL)     6 3 0
Saint Louis     5 3 1
Detroit     4 3 2
Wabash     4 3 2
John Carroll     4 4 1
Valparaiso     2 2 1
Dayton     4 5 0
Michigan Agricultural     3 5 0
Fairmount     2 4 2
Kent State     0 5 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29at ChicagoL 0–34
October 6Lake ForestW 21–6
October 13at WisconsinL 0–21
October 20Albion
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 13–0
October 27at MichiganL 0–37
November 3Ohio Wesleyan
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
L 14–19
November 10Creighton 
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
L 7–27
November 17at DetroitW 2–0[2]
  •  Homecoming

Game summaries

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Michigan

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Week 4: Michigan Agricultural at Michigan
1 234Total
Michigan Agricultural 0 000 0
Michigan 24 670 37

On October 27, 1923, the Aggies lost to Michigan, 37–0, at Ferry Field. Harry Kipke's "broken field running figured prominently in Michigan's scoring."[3] Richard Vick started in place of Herb Steger, who was held in reserve for the Iowa game the following week. A newspaper account of the game reported that Vick "played brilliantly, plunging and passing for repeated gains," revealing "a wealth of strength among the Michigan reserves."[3] The 1924 Michiganensian reported that the Aggies "furnished a good practice game" and noted the every player on the Michigan bench was able to play in the game.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 142, 148. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  2. ^ Stanley L. Brink (November 18, 1923). "Safety in First Quarter, Only Score Made, Enables M.A.C. to Beat U. of D.: Aggies Reveal Tight Defense During Strife". Detroit Free Press – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Michigan Crushes Aggies in Gridiron Walkaway, 37 to 0". The Indianapolis Sunday Star. October 28, 1923. p. 2.
  4. ^ 1924 Michiganensian, "Review of Season," page 226.