1886 MIT Engineers football team

The 1886 MIT Engineers football team was an American football team that represented the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an independent during the 1886 college football season. The team compiled a 2–6–1 record.[1]

1886 MIT Engineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6–1
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumUnion Grounds
Seasons
← 1885
1887 →
1886 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     9 0 1
Princeton     7 0 1
Harvard     12 2 0
Lafayette     10 2 0
Williams     5 1 1
Massachusetts     2 1 0
Penn     9 7 1
Lehigh     4 3 1
Dartmouth     2 2 0
Amherst     3 4 0
Rutgers     1 3 0
Wesleyan     2 6 0
MIT     2 6 1
Vermont     0 1 0
Stevens     0 7 1
Tufts     0 8 0
NYU     0 3 0
Swarthmore        
Trinity (CT)        

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2WilliamsT 14–14
October 6Harvard
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
L 0–54[2]
October 9at WilliamsL 0–21
October 16at YaleL 0–96
October 20at HarvardL 0–59
October 293:00 p.m.at Dartmouth
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
L 6–11[3][4]
October 30Amherst
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
W 22–0
November 6Tufts
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
W 26–8
November 17Harvard
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
L 0–62[5]

References

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  1. ^ "1886 MIT Engineers Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Technology vs. Harvard: An Interesting Game of Foot Ball in Which Harvard is the Winner". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1886. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  3. ^ "Sporting Notes". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 29, 1886. p. 8. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Kicking In the Rain". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 30, 1886. p. 5. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "Playing in a Cold Rain: Harvard Defeats the Techs on the Union Grounds, 62 Points to 0". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1886. p. 11 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.