1916 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1916 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football 1916 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team.png 285 Independent 4–2–1 Dutch Sommer 1st Ralph B. Henning College Field The 1916 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC) as an independent during the 1916 college football season. In their first year under head coach Dutch Sommer, the Aggies compiled a 4–2–1 record and outscored their opponents 126 to 26.2017 Football Media Guide Michigan State University 142, 147 March 17, 2020 https://s3.amazonaws.com/msuspartans.com/documents/2017/8/3/_msu_m_footbl_2017_18_misc_non_event__spartan-history.pdf Schedule y y September 30 1916 Olivet Crimson Olivet College Field East Lansing, MI W 40-0 October 7 1916 Carroll Pioneers Carroll (WI) College Field East Lansing, MI W 20-0 October 14 at Alma Alma, MI W 33-0 October 21 at Michigan Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry) L 0-9 22,000 October 28 North Dakota Agricultural College Field East Lansing, MI W 30-0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86631040/ags-trim-no-dakota-by-30-to-0/ Detroit Free Press Ags trim No. Dakota by 30 to 0 October 29, 1916 October 6, 2021 Newspapers.com November 4 at South Dakota Vermillion, SD T 3-3 November 18 Notre Dame<hc> College Field East Lansing, MI (rivalry) L 0-14 Harper's Great Backs Too Shifty for Aggies Lansing State Journal November 20, 1916 8 https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal-harpers-great-bac/200786283/ Newspapers.com Game summaries Michigan Michigan Agricultural at Michigan Michigan Agricultural Michigan 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 October 21, 1916 Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI Hackett (Army) The Aggies played their annual game against Michigan at Ferry Field on October 21, 1916. It was the 11th game between the two schools dating back to 1898. Michigan had won seven of the prior ten games, but M.A.C. had defeated the Wolverines in 1915.Michigan vs Michigan St. David DeLassus College Football Data Warehouse April 30, 2015 http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/m/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=1988 May 26, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150526234935/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/m/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=1988 dead Michigan won the 1916 game by a score of 9 to 0. According to one account of the game, Michigan quarterback Cliff Sparks "crumpled the Aggie line almost every time he crashed into it and circled ends with ease, and was eel-like in running back punts."Wolverines Uncover a Phenomenal Quarterback San Antonio Light 1916-11-12 After two scoreless quarters, M.A.C's Baker in the fourth quarter fumbled a punt at M.A.C.'s 22-yard line. After gains of 10 yards by Sparks and eight yards by Cedric "Pat" Smith, left halfback John Maulbetsch finished the drive with a two-yard run for the touchdown. The game was played in 15-minute quarters.It Was Just As Well For Michigan That She Had Sparks: Jackson Boy's Thinking Gives Her a Lead and His All Around Work Holds It E. E. Pardee Detroit Free Press October 22, 1916 23 https://www.proquest.com/docview/565997669Michigan, 9; M.A.C., 0 The Michigan Alumnus November 1916 102–103 https://books.google.com/books?id=kQ_iAAAAMAAJ References Michigan Agricultural Category:Michigan State Spartans football seasons Michigan Agricultural Aggies football