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1886 MIT Engineers football team

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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)   –     –  

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]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2Williams
T 14–14
October 6Harvard
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
L 0–54[2]
October 9at Williams
L 0–21
October 16at Yale
L 0–96
October 20at Harvard
L 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 Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Kicking In the Rain". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 30, 1886. p. 5. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  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.


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