1907 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team

1907 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2–1
Head coach
CaptainWalter H. Small
Home stadiumCollege Field
Seasons
← 1906
1908 →
1907 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Marquette   –   6 – 0 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   3 – 0 – 0
Notre Dame   –   6 – 0 – 1
Miami (OH)   –   6 – 1 – 0
Michigan   –   5 – 1 – 0
Mount Union   –   9 – 2 – 0
Fairmount   –   8 – 2 – 0
Iowa State   –   6 – 2 – 0
Lake Forest   –   4 – 1 – 1
South Dakota State   –   5 – 2 – 0
St. Vincent's (IL)   –   5 – 2 – 0
Wabash   –   5 – 2 – 0
Saint Louis   –   7 – 3 – 0
Michigan Agricultural   –   4 – 2 – 1
Western State Normal   –   4 – 2 – 1
Kansas State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   3 – 2 – 0
Wittenberg   –   5 – 4 – 0
Central Michigan   –   3 – 3 – 0
Drake   –   3 – 4 – 1
Ohio   –   3 – 4 – 1
Western Illinois   –   2 – 3 – 0
Franklin   –   3 – 5 – 1
Heidelberg   –   2 – 4 – 1
Butler   –   1 – 3 – 2
Carthage   –   2 – 5 – 0
Haskell   –   2 – 6 – 1
Chicago P&S   –   1 – 3 – 0
Detroit College   –   1 – 3 – 0
Northern Illinois State   –   1 – 4 – 1
Doane   –   1 – 5 – 0
St. Mary's (OH)   –   0 – 4 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace   –   0 – 6 – 0

The 1907 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC) as an independent during the 1907 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Chester Brewer, the Aggies compiled a 4–2–1 record and outscored their opponents 127 to 60.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3Detroit College
W 17–0[2]
October 5Michigan School for the Deaf
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 40–0
October 12at Michigan
L 0–46
October 26Wabash
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 15–6
November 16Olivet
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 55–4
November 23at AlmaAlma, MIT 0–0
November 28at Detroit Athletic ClubDetroit, MI, MIL 0–4

Game summaries

Michigan

Michigan Agricultural at Michigan
1 2Total
Michigan Agricultural 0 0 0
• Michigan 24 22 46

On October 12, 1907, the Aggies lost to Michigan by a 46 to 0 score at Ferry Field. It was the third game in the Michigan - Michigan State football rivalry. Michigan had won the two prior meetings by a combined score of 158 to 0.[3][4] In 40 minutes of play, Michigan scored eight touchdowns and did not allow a single first down to be made by the Aggies. Team captain Paul Magoffin made his first appearance of the season and scored five touchdowns. The game was played in 20-minute halves.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 146, 150. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "D.C. Team Holds M.A.C.: Detroit Boys Allow Farmers But 17 Points". Detroit Free Press. October 4, 1907. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Michigan vs Michigan State". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014.
  4. ^ "U. Of M. Keeps Goal Clear: Yost's Boys Roll Up Score of 46 Points on M.A.C. Eleven; Farmers Are Never Even Dangerous". Detroit Free Press. October 13, 1907. p. 17. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.
  5. ^ "Michigan, 46; M. A. C., 0". The Michigan Alumnus. November 1907. p. 72.
  6. ^ "Michigan Has Easy Victory: Defeats Football Team from Agricultural College by Scope of Forty-six to Nothing at Ann Arbor". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 13, 1907. p. C1.


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