1918 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1918 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football 1918 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team.png 285 Independent 4–3 George Gauthier 1st Lawrence C. Archer College Field The 1918 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC) as an independent during the 1918 college football season. In their first year under head coach George Gauthier, the Aggies compiled a 4–3 record and outscored their opponents 133 to 69.2017 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.pdf1918 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football June 14, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan-state/1918-schedule.html The game scheduled with Western Reserve, known today as Case Western Reserve, was cancelled due to the Ohio team having to go into quarantine due to the Spanish Influenza.To Stage Contest Behind Closed Gates At Case Field, Western Reserve Goes into Quarantine Today and Its Game with Michigan Aggies Must Be Declared Off Plain Dealer 30 Oct 1918 5 https://0-infoweb-newsbank-com.sciron.cuyahoga.lib.oh.us/resources/doc/nb/image/v2%3A122AFBBA107AC9E4%40EANX-NB-1236A3DC6A978C98%402421897-123659FA947D1630%404-124B0495401E5292%40To%2BStage%2BContest%2BBehind%2BClosed%2BGates%2BAt%2BCase%2BField%2BWestern%2BReserve%2BGoes%2Binto%2BQuarantine%2BToday?p=AMNEWS&hlterms=%22western%20reserve%22%3B%20football%3B%20michigan Schedule y y October 5 Albion College Field East Lansing, MI W 21-6 Aggies Defeat Albion 20 to 7: Work of Both Teams is Unfinished; Graves Played Good Game for Farmers The Lansing State Journal October 7, 1918 10 https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal-aggies-defeat-albi/168548248/ Newspapers.com October 12 1918 Hillsdale Chargers Hillsdale College Field East Lansing, MI W 66-6 November 2 Western Reserve College Field East Lansing, MI Cancelled November 2 Western State Normal College Field East Lansing, MI W 16-7 Western Normal Battles Aggies To Finish https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kalamazoo-gazette/169145326/ Kalamazoo Gazette Kalamazoo, Michigan November 3, 1918 20 March 29, 2025 Newspapers.com Farmers Beat State Normal In Close Game Detroit Free Press November 3, 1918 23 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18421785/farmers_beat_state_normal_in_close_game/ Newspapers.com November 9 Purdue College Field East Lansing, MI L 6-14 Luck Against M.A.C. Lads in Purdue Game Detroit Free Press November 10, 1918 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8950737/luck_against_mac_lads_in_purdue_game/ Newspapers.com November 16 Notre Dame<hc> College Field East Lansing, MI (rivalry) W 13-7 M.A.C. Victor in Last Home Battle: Aggies Defeat Notre Dame in Hard Fight Saturday, 13 to 7 The Lansing State Journal November 18, 1918 7 https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal-mac-victor-in-l/200805575/ Newspapers.comNotre Dame Defeated The South Bend Tribune November 18, 1918 8 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-notre-dame-defeat/200805801/ Newspapers.com November 23 at Michigan Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry L 6-21 15,000 November 28 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI L 6-7 Aggies Lose by 6 to 7 Score: Farmers Fight Badgers in Field of Slush Lansing State Journal November 29, 1918 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8938129/aggies_lose_by_6_to_7_score_farmers/ Newspapers.com Wisconsin 7; Aggies 6; Varsity in Victory in Sea of Mud The Capital Times November 29, 1918 12 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8938140/wisconsin_7_aggies_6_varsity_in/ Newspapers.com Game summaries Michigan M.A.C. at Michigan Aggies Wolverines 0 0 0 6 0 14 7 0 November 23 Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI EST thumb|right|175px|1918 M.A.C. program On November 23, 1918, the Aggies played Michigan at Ferry Field in front of the largest crowd of the season estimated at between 10,000 and 20,000. Followers of both schools attended in large numbers, "the maize and blue of Michigan and the green and white of M.A.C. decorating the stands the length and breadth of them." The Aggies in 1918 had a new head coach, George Gauthier, and a highly touted African-American running back, Harry Graves. The Aggies had defeated Knute Rockne's Notre Dame the previous week in East Lansing. After a scoreless first quarter, Michigan scored two touchdowns in the second quarter. Michigan's line was given credit for stopping the Aggies' running attack. The Detroit Free Press reported that M.A.C.'s "vaunted stars", including Harry Graves (described as "the colored boy of whom so much was expected"), were unable to assert themselves. "Superiority of the Michigan line was the rock upon which the Aggies split. M.A.C. showed a fast backfield that might have created endless trouble, but it got little support from the forwards, who were cracked open to let the Wolverines surge through and flatten the runner." The start of the game was delayed by lengthy pre-game ceremonies featuring the French Blue Devils, performances by the U. of M. army and navy bands and the M.A.C. bands, parades by the Students' Army Training Corps and Naval Units, and a fly-over by former Michigan football captain Pat Smith in his aeroplane.Season's Review Michigan Alumnus December 1918 192–194 https://books.google.com/books?id=ph3iAAAAMAAJ&q=football 13 November 2010 Because of the delay, the game was concluded in darkness. The Aggies took advantage of the darkness late in the game by unleashing a passing attack. The Aggies scored late in the game, "as the darkness already had begun to enshroud the playing field," on a pass from Archer to Schwei.Harry Bullion State Football Titled Clinched by U. of M., in 21–6 Victory Over Mich. Aggies: Ann Arbor Team Scored on Only Near Finish, When Forward Passes Get Ball Over Its Line First Time This Year; Big Second quarter Brings Score That Decides the Result; Perrin Starts it by Clutching First Forward Pass of Game, Which Paves Way to Touchdown and Goal That Are Enough to Win – Goetz Repeats Play that Won Him Fame in the Chicago Contest Detroit Free Press November 24, 1918 https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1788221142.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+24,+1918&author=HARRY+BULLION&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=21&desc=BIG+SECOND+QUARTER+BRINGS+SCORE+THAT+DECIDES+THE+RESULT https://web.archive.org/web/20121104115357/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1788221142.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+24,+1918&author=HARRY+BULLION&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=21&desc=BIG+SECOND+QUARTER+BRINGS+SCORE+THAT+DECIDES+THE+RESULT dead November 4, 2012 13 November 2010 The Detroit Free Press reported: "But for the review of the service corps and the ceremonies attending there hardly would have been an Aggie score." After the game, sports writer Harry Bullion wrote in the Detroit Free Press: "M.A.C.'s defeat is nothing for her to be ashamed of. It simply was a case of a better-conditioned and smarter eleven overpowering another that, though it lacked nothing in the way of fight that its enemy possessed, failed to cope with the superior knowledge of the game that was Michigan's by right of judgment and the attending conditions." References Michigan Agricultural Category:Michigan State Spartans football seasons Michigan Agricultural Aggies football