1946 Massachusetts State Aggies football team
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The 1946 Massachusetts State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Massachusetts State College in the Yankee Conference during the 1946 college football season. In their third season under head coach Walter Hargesheimer, the Aggies compiled a 6–2 record (1–1 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 184 to 48.[1] The 1946 season was the team's last as the Massachusetts State Aggies, as they would begin play in 1947 as the University of Massachusetts Redmen.
| 1946 Massachusetts State Aggies football | |
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| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 6–2 (1–1 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Alumni Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts State | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | at Bates | L 0–6 | [2] | |||
| October 5 | Bowdoin | W 11–8 | [3] | |||
| October 12 | at Worcester Tech |
| W 39–0 | |||
| October 19 | Rhode Island State |
| L 6–14 | |||
| October 26 | at Norwich | W 14–0 | [4] | |||
| November 2 | Vermont |
| W 28–20 | 3,000 | [5] | |
| November 9 | CCNY |
| W 59–0 | 1,500 | [6] | |
| November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | at Tufts |
| W 27–0 | [7] | |
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References
edit- ^ "Massachusetts Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
- ^ "Bates Tops Mass State 6-0 In Season Opener". The Lewiston Daily Sun. September 30, 1946. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bates, Colby Triumph; Bowdoin Drops Opener". The Bangor Daily News. October 7, 1946. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Although Far Outgaining Norwich, Mass. State Pressed To Win, 14-0". The Burlington Free Press. October 28, 1946. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "95-yard runback fastens lid on Mass. State win". The Boston Globe. November 3, 1946. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Beavers crushed by Mass State, 59–0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 10, 1946. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Air Duel Looms as Tufts, Mass. State Vie at Oval". The Boston Globe. November 16, 1946. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.