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1896 Storrs Aggies football team

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1896 Storrs Aggies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumAthletic Fields
Seasons
1897 →
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
Storrs     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
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

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

References

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  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.