1886 MIT Engineers football team

American college football season

1886 MIT Engineers football

Conference| Independent
Record| 2–6–1
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* None

Home stadium| Union Grounds

Seasons

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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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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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October 2| | Williams|

* Union Grounds
* Boston, MA

| T 14–14|
October 6| | Harvard|

* Union Grounds
* Boston, MA

| L 0–54| [2]
October 9| | at Williams|

* Weston Field
* Williamstown, MA

| L 0–21|
October 16| | at Yale|

* Yale Field
* New Haven, CT

| L 0–96|
October 20| | at Harvard|

* Jarvis Field
* Cambridge, MA

| L 0–59|
October 29| 3:00 p.m.| at Dartmouth|

* Union Grounds
* Boston, MA

| L 6–11| [3][4]
October 30| | Amherst|

* Union Grounds
* Boston, MA

| W 22–0|
November 6| | Tufts|

* Union Grounds
* Boston, MA

| W 26–8|
November 17| | Harvard|

* Union Grounds
* Boston, MA

| L 0–62| [5]

* All times are in Eastern time

## 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.

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