1893 Colorado Agricultural football team

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1893 Colorado Agricultural football
Conference Colorado Football Association
Record1–3 (1–3 CFA)
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumCampus fields
Seasons
  1892–93
1894  
1893 Colorado Football Association standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Colorado Mines $ 3 0 04 1 0
Colorado 1 1 02 3 0
Colorado Agricultural 1 3 01 3 0
Denver 0 2 01 2 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1893 Colorado Agricultural football team represented Colorado Agricultural College (now known as Colorado State University) in the Colorado Football Association (CFA) during the 1893 college football season. The 1893 season was the school's first fall football season after the team's inaugural season in the spring of 1893. [1] [2]

The team, then known as the CACs, compiled a 1–3 record and was outscored by a total of 214 to 126. The team had no coach. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7at Colorado Boulder, CO (rivalry)L 6–44 [1]
October 14at Colorado Mines Golden, CO L 6–12 [1]
October 21 Denver Denver, CO W 60–10 [1]
October 28at Colorado MinesGolden, COL 0–50 [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2017 Colorado State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colorado State University. 2017. pp. 161, 170. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  2. A Salute to 125 Years of CSU Football by John Hirn (CSU Athletics Historian), 22 Aug 2018