1917 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1917 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football 1917 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team.png 285 Independent 0–9 Chester Brewer 9th Sherman Coryell College Field The 1917 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC) as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In their ninth non-consecutive year under head coach Chester Brewer (Brewer previously coached the Aggies from 1903 to 1910), the Aggies compiled a 0–9 record and were outscored by their opponents 179 to 23.2017 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 This season marks the only time in team history in which they went winless on the field; in 1994, the Spartans finished with a 5–6 record, but this was changed to 0-11 after an academic scandal led to the forfeiture of their victories. Schedule y y October 6 1917 Alma Maroon and Cream Alma College Field East Lansing, MI L 7-14 October 13 Kalamazoo College Field East Lansing, MI L 3-7 Aggies Fail To Beat Kalamazoo https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal/168928769/ Lansing State Journal Lansing, Michigan October 15, 1917 6 March 24, 2025 Newspapers.com October 20 at Michigan Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry) L 0-27 9,038 October 27 Detroit College Field East Lansing, MI L 0-14 Long Sprints Bring U. of D. the Victory Detroit Free Press October 28, 1917 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15837855/long_sprints_bring_u_of_d_the_victory/ Newspapers.com November 3 Western State Normal College Field East Lansing, MI L 0-14 Normals Are Better Than Aggie Bunch: Kalamazoo Blanks M.A.C. Eleven by 14 to 0 Detroit Free Press November 4, 1917 24 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18431583/normals_are_better_than_aggie_bunch/ Newspapers.com November 10 at Northwestern Northwestern Field Evanston, IL L 6-39 November 17 at Notre Dame Cartier Field South Bend, IN (rivalry) L 0-23 N.D. Wins Ragged Game From Aggies: Gold and Blue Work Goes to Pieces -- Old Style Wins 23-0 The South Bend Tribune Charles W. Call November 18, 1917 8 https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-bend-news-times-nd-wins-ragged-g/200794735/ Newspapers.com November 24 Syracuse<hc> College Field East Lansing, MI L 7-21 November 29 Camp MacArthur College Field East Lansing, MI L 0-20 Game summaries Michigan Michigan at Michigan Agricultural Michigan Michigan Agricultural 6 0 7 14 0 0 0 0 October 20, 1917 College Field East Lansing, MI On October 20, 1917, the Aggies played their annual game against Michigan at Ferry Field. It was the 12th game between the two schools dating back to 1898. Michigan had won eight of the prior 11 games.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 1917 game by a score of 27 to 0. Michigan scored in the first quarter on a drive that featured a 30-yard run by Tad Wieman and was capped by a 15-yard touchdown run by Archie Weston. At halftime, the schools' combined bands led a detachment of troops onto the field and played the "Star Spangled Banner" and "The Victors". In the third quarter, the Wolverines scoring drive began with a 20-yard punt return by Weston with Wieman scoring on a seven-yard run. In the fourth quarter, Wieman ran through the middle of the M.A.C. line, "shook off five tacklers," and scored on a 35-yard touchdown run. Later in the fourth quarter, Weston ran 30 yards around the left end to the M.A.C. 12-yard line, and Wieman scored his third touchdown of the afternoon on a one-yard run.Detailed Description of Michigan-Aggie Bout Detroit Free Press October 21, 1917 21Michigan Is Victor Over Aggies Detroit Free Press October 21, 1917 19 E. A. Batchelor E. A. Batchelor https://www.proquest.com/docview/566175845 References Michigan Agricultural Category:Michigan State Spartans football seasons Category:College football winless seasons Michigan Agricultural Aggies football