1946 Massachusetts State Aggies football team

American college football season

1946 Massachusetts State Aggies football

Conference| Yankee Conference
Record| 6–2 (1–1 Yankee)
Head coach|

* Walter Hargesheimer (3rd season)

Home stadium| Alumni Field

Seasons

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1947 ->

1946 Yankee Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
New Hampshire \+  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Connecticut \+  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Rhode Island State | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0
Massachusetts State | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Vermont | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 2
Maine | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions

The 1946 Massachusetts State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Massachusetts State College in the Yankee Conference during the 1946 college football season. In their third season under head coach Walter Hargesheimer, the Aggies compiled a 6–2 record (1–1 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 184 to 48.[1] The 1946 season was the team's last as the Massachusetts State Aggies, as they would begin play in 1947 as the University of Massachusetts Redmen.

The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts.

## Schedule

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September 28| | at Bates|

* Garcelon Field
* Lewiston, ME

| L 0–6| | [2]
October 5| | Bowdoin|

* Alumni Field
* Amherst, MA

| W 11–8| | [3]
October 12| | at Worcester Tech|

* Alumni Field
* Worcester, MA

| W 39–0| |
October 19| | Rhode Island State|

* Alumni Field
* Amherst, MA

| L 6–14| |
October 26| | at Norwich|

* Sabine Field
* Northfield, VT

| W 14–0| | [4]
November 2| | Vermont|

* Alumni Field
* Amherst, MA

| W 28–20| 3,000| [5]
November 9| | CCNY|

* Alumni Field
* Amherst, MA

| W 59–0| 1,500| [6]
November 16| 2:00 p.m.| at Tufts|

* Tufts Oval
* Somerville, MA

| W 27–0| | [7]

* All times are in Eastern time

## References

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1. ^ "Massachusetts Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
2. ^ "Bates Tops Mass State 6-0 In Season Opener". The Lewiston Daily Sun. September 30, 1946. p. 8 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Bates, Colby Triumph; Bowdoin Drops Opener". The Bangor Daily News. October 7, 1946. p. 14 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Although Far Outgaining Norwich, Mass. State Pressed To Win, 14-0". The Burlington Free Press. October 28, 1946. p. 13 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "95-yard runback fastens lid on Mass. State win". The Boston Globe. November 3, 1946. Retrieved June 11, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Beavers crushed by Mass State, 59–0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 10, 1946. Retrieved September 18, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Air Duel Looms as Tufts, Mass. State Vie at Oval". The Boston Globe. November 16, 1946. p. 4 - via Newspapers.com.

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