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1886 MIT Engineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6–1
Head coach
  • None
Home stadium Union Grounds
Seasons
← 1885
1887 →
1886 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     9 0 1
Princeton     7 0 1
Harvard     12 2 0
Lafayette     10 2 0
Williams     5 1 1
Massachusetts     2 1 0
Penn     9 7 1
Lehigh     4 3 1
Dartmouth     2 2 0
Amherst     3 4 0
Rutgers     1 3 0
Wesleyan     2 6 0
MIT     2 6 1
Vermont     0 1 0
Stevens     0 7 1
Tufts     0 8 0
NYU     0 3 0
Swarthmore        
Trinity (CT)        

The 1886 MIT Engineers football team was an American football team that represented the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an independent during the 1886 college football season. The team compiled a 2–6–1 record. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2 WilliamsT 14–14
October 6 Harvard
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
L 0–54 [2]
October 9at WilliamsL 0–21
October 16at YaleL 0–96
October 20at HarvardL 0–59
October 293:00 p.m.at Dartmouth
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
L 6–11 [3] [4]
October 30 Amherst
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
W 22–0
November 6 Tufts
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
W 26–8
November 17Harvard
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
L 0–62 [5]

References

  1. ^ "1886 MIT Engineers Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Technology vs. Harvard: An Interesting Game of Foot Ball in Which Harvard is the Winner". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1886. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  3. ^ "Sporting Notes". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 29, 1886. p. 8. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Kicking In the Rain". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 30, 1886. p. 5. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Playing in a Cold Rain: Harvard Defeats the Techs on the Union Grounds, 62 Points to 0". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1886. p. 11 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1886 MIT Engineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6–1
Head coach
  • None
Home stadium Union Grounds
Seasons
← 1885
1887 →
1886 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     9 0 1
Princeton     7 0 1
Harvard     12 2 0
Lafayette     10 2 0
Williams     5 1 1
Massachusetts     2 1 0
Penn     9 7 1
Lehigh     4 3 1
Dartmouth     2 2 0
Amherst     3 4 0
Rutgers     1 3 0
Wesleyan     2 6 0
MIT     2 6 1
Vermont     0 1 0
Stevens     0 7 1
Tufts     0 8 0
NYU     0 3 0
Swarthmore        
Trinity (CT)        

The 1886 MIT Engineers football team was an American football team that represented the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an independent during the 1886 college football season. The team compiled a 2–6–1 record. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2 WilliamsT 14–14
October 6 Harvard
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
L 0–54 [2]
October 9at WilliamsL 0–21
October 16at YaleL 0–96
October 20at HarvardL 0–59
October 293:00 p.m.at Dartmouth
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
L 6–11 [3] [4]
October 30 Amherst
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
W 22–0
November 6 Tufts
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
W 26–8
November 17Harvard
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
L 0–62 [5]

References

  1. ^ "1886 MIT Engineers Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Technology vs. Harvard: An Interesting Game of Foot Ball in Which Harvard is the Winner". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1886. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  3. ^ "Sporting Notes". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 29, 1886. p. 8. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Kicking In the Rain". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 30, 1886. p. 5. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Playing in a Cold Rain: Harvard Defeats the Techs on the Union Grounds, 62 Points to 0". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1886. p. 11 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.



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