1907 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team

1907 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football
Conference Independent
1907 record 4–2–1
Head coach Chester Brewer (5th season)

The 1907 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC) in the 1907 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Chester Brewer, the Aggies compiled a 4–2–1 record and outscored their opponents 127 to 60.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 3DetroitW 17–0
October 5Michigan School for the Deaf
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 40–0
October 12at Michigan L 0–46
October 26Wabash
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 15–6
November 16Olivet
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 55–4
November 23at AlmaAlma, MIT 0–0
November 28at Detroit Athletic ClubDetroitL 0–4

Game summaries

Michigan

Michigan Agricultural at Michigan
1 2Total
Michigan Agricultural 0 0 0
Michigan 24 22 46

On October 12, 1907, the Aggies lost to Michigan by a 46 to 0 score at Ferry Field. It was the third game in the Michigan - Michigan State football rivalry. Michigan had won the two prior meetings by a combined score of 158 to 0.[2][3] In 40 minutes of play, Michigan scored eight touchdowns and did not allow a single first down to be made by the Aggies. Team captain Paul Magoffin made his first appearance of the season and scored five touchdowns. The game was played in 20-minute halves.[4][5]

References

  1. "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 146, 150. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  2. "Michigan vs Michigan State". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2014-11-11.
  3. "U. Of M. Keeps Goal Clear: Yost's Boys Roll Up Score of 46 Points on M.A.C. Eleven; Farmers Are Never Even Dangerous". Detroit Free Press. October 13, 1907. p. 17.
  4. "Michigan, 46; M. A. C., 0". The Michigan Alumnus. November 1907. p. 72.
  5. "Michigan Has Easy Victory: Defeats Football Team from Agricultural College by Scope of Forty-six to Nothing at Ann Arbor". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 13, 1907. p. C1.
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