1908 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team

1908 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–0–2
Head coach
CaptainBert Shedd
Home stadiumCollege Field
1908 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Kirksville Normal   –   8 – 0 – 0
Miami (OH)   –   7 – 0 – 0
Iowa State Normal   –   5 – 0 – 0
Lincoln (MO)   –   2 – 0 – 0
DePaul   –   7 – 0 – 1
St. Mary's (OH)   –   7 – 0 – 1
Butler   –   5 – 0 – 1
Ohio Northern   –   9 – 1 – 0
Fairmount   –   8 – 1 – 0
Notre Dame   –   8 – 1 – 0
Michigan Agricultural   –   6 – 0 – 2
Lake Forest   –   4 – 1 – 1
Saint Louis   –   6 – 2 – 2
Kansas State   –   6 – 2 – 0
Michigan   –   5 – 2 – 1
Marquette   –   4 – 2 – 1
St. Viator   –   5 – 3 – 0
Central Michigan   –   4 – 3 – 0
Mount Union   –   5 – 4 – 1
Doane   –   4 – 4 – 0
South Dakota State   –   3 – 3 – 1
Buchtel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Western State Normal   –   3 – 4 – 0
Western Illinois   –   2 – 3 – 1
Carthage   –   2 – 3 – 0
Haskell   –   3 – 5 – 1
Wittenberg   –   3 – 5 – 1
Ohio   –   3 – 5 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   2 – 3 – 0
Cincinnati   –   1 – 4 – 1
Wabash   –   2 – 6 – 0
Northern Illinois State   –   1 – 5 – 1
Michigan State Normal   –   1 – 4 – 0
Heidelberg   –   1 – 6 – 0
Franklin   –   0 – 9 – 1
Baldwin–Wallace   –   0 – 2 – 0
Chicago P&S   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1908 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC) as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Chester Brewer, the Aggies compiled a 6–0–2 record and outscored their opponents 205 to 22.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Michigan School for the Deaf
W 51–0[2]
October 10Michigan
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI (rivalry)
T 0–06,000
October 17Western State Normal
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 35–0[3]
October 24at DePaul
T 0–0[4][5]
October 31Wabash
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 6–0
November 7at OlivetOlivet, MIW 46–2
November 21Saginaw Naval Brigade
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 30–6
November 26at Detroit Athletic ClubDetroit, MIW 37–14

Game summaries

Michigan

Michigan at Michigan Agricultural
Team 1 2Total
Michigan 0 0 0
Michigan Agricultural 0 0 0

On October 10, 1908, the Aggies played Michigan to a scoreless tie in East Lansing. It was the fourth game in the Michigan–Michigan State football rivalry, and Michigan had won the three prior meetings by a combined score of 204 to 0. The game was played in front of 6,000 spectators at East Lansing's College Field, and the Aggies' fans "went wild with delight" when the game ended.[6] In Ann Arbor, the result was met with disbelief among Michigan fans who had expected an easy win.[7] The Detroit Free Press called it "the greatest game of football ever seen in this part of the state."[6] The Michigan Alumnus noted that Michigan's line was weak with Germany Schulz, Maurice Crumpacker and William Casey out of the game and opined that the Wolverines were outplayed and would have been defeated had it not been for Dave Allerdice repeatedly punting out of danger[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 146, 150. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "Row Of Eggs For The Mutes". The Lansing Journal. Lansing, Michigan. October 5, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  3. ^ "M. A. C. Still Unbeaten". The State Republican. Lansing, Michigan. October 19, 1908. p. 8. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  4. ^ Lardner, Rex (October 25, 1908). "De Paul And Aggies Play Scoreless Tie". The Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. p. 1, sports section. Retrieved February 2, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  5. ^ "M. A. C. Plays Scoreless Tie". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. October 25, 1908. p. 21, part 1. Retrieved February 2, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  6. ^ a b "M.A.C. Holds Michigan to 0-0 Score and Goes Wild". Detroit Free Press. October 11, 1908. p. 22.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ^ "Result of M.A.C. Game a Blow to Ann Arbor: Michigan Students Are Stunned by Poor Showing of Team Against Farmers". Detroit Free Press. October 12, 1908. p. 6.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. ^ "Michigan 0; Michigan Agricultural 0". The Michigan Alumnus. November 1908. pp. 58–59.
  9. ^ "Surprise for Yost and Team: Michigan Agricultural Eleven Holds Varsity Players to Score of 0 to 0". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 11, 1908. p. B2.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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