1916 Massachusetts Aggies football team

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1916 Massachusetts Aggies football
Conference Athletic League of New England State Colleges
Record2–4–2 ( Athletic League of New England State Colleges)
Head coach
Home stadium Alumni Field
Seasons
  1915
1919  

The 1916 Massachusetts Aggies football team represented Massachusetts Agricultural College in the 1916 college football season. The team was coached by George Melican and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts.[ citation needed ] The 1916 season was Melican's only as head coach of the Aggies and the team's last season before disbanding during World War I. Massachusetts finished the season with a record of 2–4–2. [1]

Schedule

Note: All scores/opponents sourced from Carlson 1988. [1]

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 7 Connecticut W 12–0
October 14 [2] at Dartmouth
L 0–62
October 21 [3] at Harvard L 0–47
October 28 Worcester Tech
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 7–0
November 4at Tufts
L 0–28
November 11at Williams T 0–0
November 18 [4] at Cornell L 0–37
November 25at Springfield YMCA
T 6–6

References

  1. 1 2 Carlson, Kenneth N. (1988). College football scorebook. Lynnwood, Wash.: Rain Belt Publications. pp. 446, 448. ISBN   978-0-938428-09-1 . Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  2. "Massachusetts at Dartmouth Box Score, October 14, 1916". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  3. "Massachusetts at Harvard Box Score, October 21, 1916". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  4. "Massachusetts at Cornell Box Score, November 18, 1916". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2025.