1899 Massachusetts Aggies football team

American college football season

1899 Massachusetts Aggies football
ConferenceAthletic League of New England State Colleges
Record7–3 ( Athletic League of New England State Colleges)
Head coach
  • Fred W. Murphy (1st season)
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1898
1900 →

The 1899 Massachusetts Aggies football team represented Massachusetts Agricultural College in the 1899 college football season. The team was coached by Fred W. Murphy and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. The 1899 season was Brown's first as head coach of the Aggies. Massachusetts finished the season with a record of 7–3.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 23at Holy Cross
  • Worcester College Grounds
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–11[1]
September 30at Wesleyan
  • Andrus Field
  • Middletown, CT
L 0–27
October 7at Springfield YMCASpringfield, MAW 17–0
October 14at Pittsfield A.C.Pittsfield, MAW 12–0
October 21at Trinity (CT)Hartford, CTL 5–16
October 25Springfield Tech
W 34–0
October 28at Vermont
W 11–6[2]
November 1at Amherst
  • Pratt Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 6–0[3]
November 4Connecticut
W 34–6
November 8Williston Academy
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 17–0

References

  1. ^ "Holy Cross 11, Amherst Aggie 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 24, 1899. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Vermont defeated, her football team falls before the Amherst Aggies". The Burlington Free Press & Times. October 30, 1899. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Stevens Beaten Badly". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 2, 1899. p. 14. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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