1896 Storrs Aggies football team

1896 Storrs Aggies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
  • None
CaptainBeardsley
Home stadiumAthletic Fields
1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Fordham   –   1 – 0 – 0
Lafayette   –   11 – 0 – 1
Princeton   –   10 – 0 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 0 – 1
Penn   –   14 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   13 – 1 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   11 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   9 – 1 – 2
Villanova   –   10 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   7 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 3 – 0
  –   5 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 2
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 0
Army   –   3 – 2 – 1
Rutgers   –   6 – 6 – 0
Carlisle   –   5 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   2 – 2 – 2
Brown   –   4 – 5 – 1
Wesleyan   –   4 – 5 – 1
Dickinson   –   4 – 5 – 0
Frankin & Marshall   –   3 – 4 – 2
Geneva   –   3 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   3 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   3 – 4 – 1
Amherst   –   3 – 6 – 1
Western Univ. Penn.   –   3 – 6 – 0
Lehigh   –   2 – 5 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 6 – 1
Swarthmore   –   2 – 6 – 0
New Hampshire   –   1 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   1 – 5 – 0
Massachusetts   –   0 – 4 – 0
Rhode Island   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1896 Storrs Aggies football team represented Storrs Agricultural College, now the University of Connecticut, as an independent during the 1896 college football season. This was the first year that the school fielded a football team. The Aggies completed the season with a record of 5–3, against a mix of nearby high school and YMCA teams.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3at Rockville High SchoolRockville, CTW 16–6
October 10at Norwich Free AcademyNorwich, CTL 6–22
October 17Willimantic YMCA
W 16–0[3]
October 24Willimantic YMCA
  • Athletic Fields
  • Storrs, CT
W 6–0[4]
October 31Middletown High School
  • Athletic Fields
  • Storrs, CT
L 0–4[5]
November 7at Willimantic High SchoolWillimantic, CTW 16–8
November 14Willimantic High School
  • Athletic Fields
  • Storrs, CT
W 4–0
November 26at Middletown High School
  • Pameacha grounds
  • Middletown, CT
L 0–16[6]

Roster

Storrs 1896 roster

Guards

  • Clark
  • Savage

Tackles

  • Minor
  • W. N. Hawley
 Center
  • Parker

Ends

  • C. B. Hawley
  • Pentecost
 Backs
  • Edwin S. Mansfield
  • Beardsley (C)
  • Ontrop
  • Webb

[3]

References

  1. ^ 2015 UConn Football Media Guide (PDF). UConn Huskies. p. 118. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 18, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  2. ^ "Connecticut Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Storrs Beat Willimantic". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 19, 1896. p. 9. Retrieved June 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Both Sides Claim It — Unfortunate Ending of Willimantic-Storrs Football Game". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 26, 1896. p. 9. Retrieved June 4, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Willimantic Defeats Storrs". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 2, 1896. p. 10. Retrieved June 4, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Defeated at Football — The Home Team Whips the Storrs Team". The Morning Journal-Courier. New Haven, Connecticut. November 27, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved June 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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