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American college football season
The 1891 Springfield YMCA football team , also known as the Christian Workers and the Staggs , was an
American football team that represented the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School—now known as
Springfield College –as an independent during the
1891 college football season . Led by
Amos Alonzo Stagg in his second and final season as head coach, the team compiled a record of 5–8–1.
[1] Stagg also played for the team at
fullback and
halfback . Springfield YMCA played their home games at Outing Park in
Springfield, Massachusetts .
Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 23 Connecticut Literary Institute
Springfield, MA W 46–0
September 27 at
Phillips Academy
Andover, MA W 30–18
September 30 4:00 p.m. at
Trinity (CT)
Hartford, CT L 14–16
[2]
[3]
October 3 at
Orange Athletic Club W 16–0
[4]
October 7 at
Amherst T 12–12
[5]
[6]
October 10 at
Wesleyan
Middletown, CT L 8–12
[7]
October 14 at
Yale L 0–28500
[8]
October 17
Massachusetts Outing Park Springfield, MA W 30–0
[9]
October 21 Amherst Outing Park Springfield, MA W 18–4
[10]
October 24 at
Williams L 6–16
[11]
October 28 at Amherst Amherst, MA L 4–24
[12]
October 31 at
Harvard
Cambridge, MA L 0–34
[13]
November 7 at Harvard Cambridge, MA L 4–44
[14]
November 10 3:30 p.m.
Boston Athletic Association Outing Park Springfield, MA L 4–42
[15]
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"Springfield College Football All-Time Results" . Springfield College Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2022 .
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"Foot-ball To-day" .
Hartford Courant .
Hartford, Connecticut . September 30, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Trinity The Victory" .
Hartford Courant .
Hartford, Connecticut . October 1, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Stagg's Team Wins at Orange" .
The Sun .
New York, New York . October 4, 1891. p. 8. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Amherst Met Her Match" .
The Boston Daily Globe .
Boston, Massachusetts . October 8, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Amherst College" .
The New York Times .
New York, New York . October 11, 1901. p. 10. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Foot Ball Scores" .
The Meriden Daily Journal .
Meriden, Connecticut . October 12, 1891. p. 8. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Yale Given A Hard Tussle: Capt. McClung Badly Injured in Game With Stagg's Eleven" . The Boston Daily Globe . October 15, 1891. p. 3 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Staggs, 30; Amherst, 0" .
The Boston Sunday Globe .
Boston, Massachusetts . October 18, 1891. p. 6. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Amherst Line Work Weak" .
The Boston Daily Globe .
Boston, Massachusetts . October 22, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Great Game At Williams" .
The Boston Sunday Globe .
Boston, Massachusetts . October 25, 1891. p. 7. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Scored On A Fluke" .
The Boston Daily Globe .
Boston, Massachusetts . October 29, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Harvard Defeats Stagg's Team" . New York Tribune . November 1, 1891. p. 4 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Stagg's Team Scores On Harvard" .
Hartford Courant .
Hartford, Connecticut . November 9, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Unicorn Triumphant" .
The Boston Daily Globe .
Boston, Massachusetts . November 11, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.