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1891 Springfield YMCA football team

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1891 Springfield YMCA football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–8–1
Head coach
CaptainAmos Alonzo Stagg
Home stadiumOuting Park
Seasons
← 1890
1892 →
1891 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     13 0 0
Harvard     13 1 0
Princeton     12 1 0
Tufts     7 1 0
Penn     11 2 0
Colgate     4 1 0
Army     4 1 1
Navy     5 2 0
Cornell     7 3 0
Geneva     4 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     4 2 0
Lehigh     7 4 0
Delaware     5 3 1
Rutgers     8 6 0
Brown     4 6 0
Springfield YMCA     5 8 1
Fordham     1 2 1
Syracuse     4 7 0
Massachusetts     2 5 0
Western Univ. Penn.     2 6 0
Lafayette     2 9 1
NYU     1 4 0
Columbia     1 5 0
Wesleyan     1 6 0

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] Stagg also played for the team at fullback and halfback. Springfield YMCA played their home games at Outing Park in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Connecticut Literary InstituteSpringfield, MAW 46–0
September 27at Phillips AcademyAndover, MAW 30–18
September 304:00 p.m.at Trinity (CT)Hartford, CTL 14–16[2][3]
October 3at Orange Athletic ClubW 16–0[4]
October 7at AmherstT 12–12[5][6]
October 10at WesleyanMiddletown, CTL 8–12[7]
October 14at YaleL 0–28500[8]
October 17Massachusetts
  • Outing Park
  • Springfield, MA
W 30–0[9]
October 21Amherst
  • Outing Park
  • Springfield, MA
W 18–4[10]
October 24at Williams
L 6–16[11]
October 28at AmherstAmherst, MAL 4–24[12]
October 31at HarvardCambridge, MAL 0–34[13]
November 7at HarvardCambridge, MAL 4–44[14]
November 103:30 p.m.Boston Athletic Association
  • Outing Park
  • Springfield, MA
L 4–42[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Springfield College Football All-Time Results". Springfield College Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  2. ^ "Foot-ball To-day". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. September 30, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Trinity The Victory". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 1, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Stagg's Team Wins at Orange". The Sun. New York, New York. October 4, 1891. p. 8. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Amherst Met Her Match". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 8, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Amherst College". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 11, 1901. p. 10. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Foot Ball Scores". The Meriden Daily Journal. Meriden, Connecticut. October 12, 1891. p. 8. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Staggs, 30; Amherst, 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 18, 1891. p. 6. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Amherst Line Work Weak". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 22, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Great Game At Williams". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1891. p. 7. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Scored On A Fluke". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 29, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Harvard Defeats Stagg's Team". New York Tribune. November 1, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Stagg's Team Scores On Harvard". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 9, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "Unicorn Triumphant". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 11, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.