1891 Springfield YMCA football team American college football season
The 1891 Springfield YMCA football team , also known as the Christian Workers and the Staggs , was an American football team that represented the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School—now known as Springfield College –as an independent during the 1891 college football season . Led by Amos Alonzo Stagg in his second and final season as head coach, the team compiled a record of 5–8–1.[ 1] fullback and halfback . Springfield YMCA played their home games at Outing Park in Springfield, Massachusetts .
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 23 Connecticut Literary Institute Springfield, MA W 46–0September 27 at Phillips Academy Andover, MA W 30–18September 30 4:00 p.m. at Trinity (CT) Hartford, CT L 14–16[ 2] [ 3] October 3 at Orange Athletic Club W 16–0[ 4] October 7 at Amherst T 12–12[ 5] [ 6] October 10 at Wesleyan Middletown, CT L 8–12[ 7] October 14 at Yale L 0–28500 [ 8] October 17 Massachusetts Outing Park Springfield, MA W 30–0[ 9] October 21 Amherst Outing Park Springfield, MA W 18–4[ 10] October 24 at Williams L 6–16[ 11] October 28 at Amherst Amherst, MA L 4–24[ 12] October 31 at Harvard Cambridge, MA L 0–34[ 13] November 7 at Harvard Cambridge, MA L 4–44[ 14] November 10 3:30 p.m. Boston Athletic Association Outing Park Springfield, MA L 4–42[ 15]
References
^ "Springfield College Football All-Time Results" . Springfield College Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2022 .^ "Foot-ball To-day" . Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut . September 30, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com ^ "Trinity The Victory" . Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut . October 1, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com ^ "Stagg's Team Wins at Orange" . The Sun New York, New York . October 4, 1891. p. 8. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com ^ "Amherst Met Her Match" . The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts . October 8, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com ^ "Amherst College" . The New York Times New York, New York . October 11, 1901. p. 10. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com ^ "Foot Ball Scores" . The Meriden Daily Journal Meriden, Connecticut . October 12, 1891. p. 8. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com ^ "Yale Given A Hard Tussle: Capt. McClung Badly Injured in Game With Stagg's Eleven" . The Boston Daily Globe . October 15, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com .^ "Staggs, 30; Amherst, 0" . The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts . October 18, 1891. p. 6. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com ^ "Amherst Line Work Weak" . The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts . October 22, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com ^ "Great Game At Williams" . The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts . October 25, 1891. p. 7. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com ^ "Scored On A Fluke" . The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts . October 29, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com ^ "Harvard Defeats Stagg's Team" . New York Tribune . November 1, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com .^ "Stagg's Team Scores On Harvard" . Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut . November 9, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com ^ "Unicorn Triumphant" . The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts . November 11, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
