1891 Springfield YMCA football team

The 1891 Springfield YMCA football team, also known as the Christian Workers and the Staggs, was an American football team that represented the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School—now known as Springfield College–as an independent during the 1891 college football season. Led by Amos Alonzo Stagg in his second and final season as head coach, the team compiled a record of 5–8–1.[1] Stagg also played for the team at fullback and halfback. Springfield YMCA played their home games at Outing Park in Springfield, Massachusetts.

1891 Springfield YMCA football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–8–1
Head coach
CaptainAmos Alonzo Stagg
Home stadiumOuting Park
1891 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale    13 0 0
Harvard    13 1 0
Princeton    12 1 0
Tufts    7 1 0
Penn    11 2 0
Colgate    4 1 0
Army    4 1 1
Navy    5 2 0
Cornell    7 3 0
Geneva    4 2 0
Washington & Jefferson    4 2 0
Lehigh    7 4 0
Delaware    5 3 1
Rutgers    8 6 0
Brown    4 6 0
Springfield YMCA    5 8 1
Fordham    1 2 1
Syracuse    4 7 0
Massachusetts    2 5 0
Western Univ. Penn.    2 6 0
Lafayette    2 9 1
Columbia    1 5 0
Wesleyan    1 6 0

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Connecticut Literary InstituteSpringfield, MAW 46–0
September 27at Phillips AcademyAndover, MAW 30–18
September 304:00 p.m.at Trinity (CT)Hartford, CTL 14–16[2][3]
October 3at Orange Athletic ClubW 16–0[4]
October 7at AmherstT 12–12[5][6]
October 10at WesleyanMiddletown, CTL 8–12[7]
October 14at YaleL 0–28500[8]
October 17Massachusetts
  • Outing Park
  • Springfield, MA
W 30–0[9]
October 21Amherst
  • Outing Park
  • Springfield, MA
W 18–4[10]
October 24at Williams
L 6–16[11]
October 28at AmherstAmherst, MAL 4–24[12]
October 31at HarvardCambridge, MAL 0–34[13]
November 7at HarvardCambridge, MAL 4–44[14]
November 103:30 p.m.Boston Athletic Association
  • Outing Park
  • Springfield, MA
L 4–42[15]

References

  1. "Springfield College Football All-Time Results". Springfield College Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  2. "Foot-ball To-day". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. September 30, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. "Trinity The Victory". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 1, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. "Stagg's Team Win's at Orange". The Sun. New York, New York. October 4, 1891. p. 8. Retrieved March 25, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "Amherst Met Her Match". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 8, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. "Amherst College". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 11, 1901. p. 10. Retrieved March 25, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. "Foot Ball Scores". The Meriden Daily Journal. Meriden, Connecticut. October 12, 1891. p. 8. Retrieved March 25, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. "Yale Given A Hard Tussle: Capt. McClung Badly Injured in Game With Stagg's Eleven". The Boston Daily Globe. October 15, 1891. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Staggs, 30; Amherst, 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 18, 1891. p. 6. Retrieved March 25, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  10. "Amherst Line Work Weak". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 22, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  11. "Great Game At Williams". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1891. p. 7. Retrieved March 25, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  12. "Scored On A Fluke". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 29, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  13. "Harvard Defeats Stagg's Team". New York Tribune. November 1, 1891. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Stagg's Team Scores On Harvard". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 9, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  15. "Unicorn Triumphant". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 11, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
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