1916 Utah Agricultural Aggies football team

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1916 Utah Agricultural Aggies football
Conference Rocky Mountain Conference
Record1–5–1 (0–4 RMC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAdams Field
Seasons
  1915
1917  
1916 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Colorado Agricultural $ 6 0 16 0 1
Colorado College 4 1 06 1 0
Denver 3 2 04 2 1
Utah 2 2 03 2 0
Colorado Mines 2 2 13 2 1
Wyoming 1 4 01 4 0
Colorado 1 5 01 5 1
Utah Agricultural 0 4 01 5 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1916 Utah Agricultural Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Utah Agricultural College (later renamed Utah State University) in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1916 college football season. In their first season under head coach Jack Watson, the Aggies compiled a 1–5–1 record (0–4 against RMC opponents) and were outscored by a total of 178 to 69. [1] [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7West Logan High*
W 20–3
October 14 Colorado Agricultural
  • Adams Field
  • Logan, UT
L 0–53 [3]
October 21 Wyoming
  • Adams Field
  • Logan, UT
L 10–23
October 28at Nevada *L 7–9 [4] [5]
November 11at Utah L 0–46
November 18 Montana State *
  • Adams Field
  • Logan, UT
T 17–17
November 30 Idaho *
  • Adams Field
  • Logan, UT
L 15–27 [6] [7]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "1916 Utah State Aggies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  2. "2018 Utah State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Utah State University. 2018. pp. 188, 195.
  3. "Colorado Aggies Too Much for U.A.C." The Salt Lake Telegram. October 15, 1916. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Varsity Confident of Victory Today". Nevada State Journal. October 28, 1916. p. 5 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Nevada Is Victor Over Utah Aggies". Nevada State Journal. October 29, 1916. p. 5 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Aggies play Idaho on Logan gridiron". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. November 30, 1916. p. 9.
  7. "Aggies lose final game of season to heavy Idaho team". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. December 1, 1916. p. 11.