1898 Storrs Aggies football team

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1898 Storrs Aggies football
Conference Athletic League of New England State Colleges
Record0–3 (0–0 New England)
Head coach
Home stadiumAthletic Fields
Seasons
  1897
1899  

The 1898 Storrs Aggies football team represented Storrs Agricultural College, now the University of Connecticut, in the 1898 college football season. This was the third year that the school fielded a football team. The Aggies played their first season with a head coach, E. S. Mansfield, and completed the season with a record of 0–3. [1] [2]

E. C. Welden was the manager for the team's first game, but resigned and was replaced by H. W. Emmons for the remainder of the season. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1at Willimantic High School * Willimantic, CT L 0–17
October 8 Putnam High School * Canceled [4]
October 22 Morse School of Business *
 ? [3]
October 29at Norwich Free Academy * Norwich, CT L 0–43 [5]
November 5Willimantic High School*
  • Athletic Fields
  • Storrs, CT
L 0–29
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. 2015 UConn Football Media Guide (PDF). UConn Huskies. p. 118. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 18, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  2. "Connecticut Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Storrs College Notes". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut. October 20, 1897. p. 11. Retrieved June 4, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. "Putnam". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut. October 10, 1897. p. 9. Retrieved June 4, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. "Mansfield". The Ridgefield Press . Ridgefield, Connecticut. November 3, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved June 4, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .