1919 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team

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1919 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football
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ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainHarry E. Franson
Home stadium College Field
Seasons
  1918
1920  
1919 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Notre Dame   9 0 0
Lincoln (MO)   3 0 0
Detroit   8 1 0
Western State Normal   4 1 0
Akron   6 1 1
North Dakota Agricultural   5 1 1
Haskell   8 2 1
Marquette   5 1 2
St. Xavier   6 2 0
Morningside   6 2 0
Heidelberg   6 3 0
Saint Louis   4 2 2
Valparaiso   5 3 0
Wabash   4 3 2
Central Michigan   2 2 3
Michigan Agricultural   4 4 1
Nebraska   3 3 2
St. Mary's (OH)   2 2 0
Iowa State Teachers   2 4 1
Toledo   2 4 0
Butler   0 5 1
Bowling Green   0 3 0

The 1919 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC) as an independent during the 1919 college football season. In their tenth non-consecutive year under head coach Chester Brewer (Brewer previously coached the Aggies from 1903 to 1910 and in 1917), the Aggies compiled a 4–4–1 record and outscored their opponents 132 to 99. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4 Albion W 14–13 [2]
October 8 Alma
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 46–6
October 11 Western State Normal
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
L 18–21 [3] [4]
October 18at Michigan L 0–2621,000 [5]
October 25 DePauw
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 27–0
November 1at Purdue L 7–13
November 8 South Dakota Dagger-14-plain.png
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 13–0
November 15at Notre Dame L 0–135,000
November 27 Wabash
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
T 7–7
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

References

  1. "2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 142, 147. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  2. "Michigan Aggies Defeat Albion Eleven: Aggies Play Ragged Game; Many Fumbles". The Lansing State Journal. October 4, 1919. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Western Normal Stages Great Comeback Defeating Michigan Aggies' 21 to 18; Wabash Next Eleven to Fall Before Them". Kalamazoo Gazette . Kalamazoo, Michigan. October 12, 1919. p. 22. Retrieved March 29, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. "Kazoo's Rally Beats Aggies". Detroit Free Press . Detroit, Michigan. October 12, 1919. p. 25, part 1. Retrieved March 29, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. Harry Bullion (October 19, 1919). "Aggies Beaten By Yostmen In Game That Shows Little". Detroit Free Press. p. 21 via Newspapers.com.