1896 Storrs Aggies football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1896 Storrs Aggies football Independent 5–3 None Beardsley Athletic Fields none The 1896 Storrs Aggies football team represented Storrs Agricultural College, now the University of Connecticut, as an independent during the 1896 college football season. This was the first year that the school fielded a football team. The Aggies completed the season with a record of 5–3, against a mix of nearby high school and YMCA teams.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/part5-15.pdf UConn Huskies 2015 UConn Football Media Guide 28 August 2015 118 18 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151118130900/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/part5-15.pdf deadhttp://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/c/connecticut/yearly_results.php?year=1896 Connecticut Game by Game Results College Football Data Warehouse 15 October 2015 5 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150905190958/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/c/connecticut/yearly_results.php?year=1896 dead Schedule October 3 w y Rockville High School Rockville, CT 16–6 October 10 l y Norwich Free Academy Norwich, CT 6–22 October 17 w Willimantic YMCA Athletic Fields Storrs, CT 16–0 Storrs Beat Willimantic https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-storrs-beat-willimantic/173788893/ Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut October 19, 1896 9 June 3, 2025 Newspapers.com October 24 w Willimantic YMCA Athletic Fields Storrs, CT 6–0 Both Sides Claim It — Unfortunate Ending of Willimantic-Storrs Football Game https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-both-sides-claim-it-u/173803435/ Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut October 26, 1896 9 June 4, 2025 Newspapers.com October 31 l Middletown High School Athletic Fields Storrs, CT 0–4 Willimantic Defeats Storrs https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-willimantic-defeats-sto/173803480/ Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut November 2, 1896 10 June 4, 2025 Newspapers.com November 7 w y Willimantic High School Willimantic, CT 16–8 November 14 w Willimantic High School Athletic Fields Storrs, CT 4–0 November 26 l y Middletown High School Pameacha grounds Middletown, CT 0–16 Defeated at Football — The Home Team Whips the Storrs Team https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-journal-courier-defeated-at/173789333/ The Morning Journal-Courier New Haven, Connecticut November 27, 1896 3 June 3, 2025 Newspapers.com Roster Storrs 1896 roster Guards Clark Savage Tackles Minor W. N. HawleyCenter Parker Ends C. B. Hawley PentecostBacks Edwin S. Mansfield Beardsley (C) Ontrop Webb References Storrs Category:UConn Huskies football seasons Storrs Aggies football