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1902 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
CaptainArthur D. Peters
Home stadiumCollege Field
Seasons← 19011903 →
1902 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nebraska   –   9 – 0 – 0
South Dakota   –   9 – 0 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   4 – 0 – 0
Central Michigan   –   4 – 0 – 0
Ohio Medical   –   9 – 1 – 0
Marquette   –   6 – 1 – 1
Knox   –   9 – 2 – 0
Northern Illinois State   –   5 – 1 – 1
Haskell   –   8 – 2 – 1
Notre Dame   –   6 – 2 – 1
Drake   –   5 – 2 – 1
Lincoln (MO)   –   2 – 1 – 0
Mount Union   –   6 – 3 – 0
Iowa State   –   6 – 3 – 1
Carthage   –   2 – 1 – 1
Cincinnati   –   4 – 2 – 2
Missouri   –   5 – 3 – 0
Miami (OH)   –   5 – 3 – 1
Kansas   –   6 – 4 – 0
South Dakota Agricultural   –   3 – 2 – 0
Fairmount   –   4 – 3 – 1
Detroit College   –   3 – 3 – 0
Lake Forest   –   4 – 4 – 1
Lincoln (MO)   –   1 – 1 – 0
Western Illinois   –   2 – 2 – 0
Michigan Agricultural   –   4 – 5 – 0
Wittenberg   –   3 – 4 – 2
Washburn   –   3 – 4 – 0
Doane   –   2 – 3 – 0
Heidelberg   –   3 – 5 – 1
Wabash   –   2 – 4 – 2
Buchtel   –   2 – 5 – 0
Washington University   –   2 – 6 – 1
Butler   –   1 – 3 – 0
Kansas State   –   2 – 6 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   1 – 5 – 1
Iowa State Normal   –   1 – 6 – 1
Ohio   –   0 – 5 – 1

The 1902 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC) in the 1902 college football season. In their second and final year under head coach George Denman, the Aggies compiled a 4–5 record and were outscored by their opponents 206 to 93.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 27at Notre Dame L 0–33
October 4DetroitW 11–0
October 8at MichiganL 0–119
October 11Hillsdale
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 35–0
October 18Michigan freshmen
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 2–0
October 25DePauw
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
L 12–17
November 1at OlivetOlivet, MIL 6–11
November 15at AlbionAlbion, MIW 22–11
November 22Alma
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
L 5–16

Game summaries

Michigan

On Wednesday, October 8, 1902, the Aggies played a mid-week game against Michigan. Michigan defeated the Aggies by a score of 119 to 0. The Wolverines scored 71 points in the first half of 20 minutes and 48 in the second half of 18 minutes. The Michigan Alumnus called it "the greatest fusillade of touchdowns ever known to the football world," excluding Michigan's 128–0 win over Buffalo in 1901. Michigan was held on downs only once in the game, and the Aggies made only three first downs. Right halfback Albert Herrnstein ran back a kickoff the length of the field and scored seven touchdowns in the game. Willie Heston and Everett Sweeley did not play in the game, and the Detroit Free Press noted: "The opinion is quite general that if Heston and Sweeley had been in the game the Buffalo record would have been beaten, but, as it was, Michigan was simply fagged out running down the field for touchdowns." After the game, The Newark Advocate wrote:

"Michigan has undoubtedly the fastest scoring team in the world, and the Ann Arbor boys play Yosts' 'hurry up' formations like clock work. It requires a fast team to take the ball, line up and score 119 points, even if they have no opponents in two 20 minute halves."

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. "Detroit College Lost: Played Fast and Pluckily Against Overweight". Detroit Free Press. October 5, 1902. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Michigan made 119 points: Almost equaled phenomenal score against Buffalo simply rushed ball over the Aggie's line at Will made touchdown oftener than once in two minutes". Detroit Free Press. October 9, 1902. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  4. "The M.A.C. Game". The Michigan Alumnus. November 1902. p. 63.
  5. "Wednesday's Football Results". The Newark Advocate. October 9, 1902.
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