1902 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team
American college football season
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The 1902 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC)ânow known as Michigan State Universityâas a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1902 college football season. In their second and final year under head coach George Denman, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 4â5 record with a mark of 2â2 in conference play, and were outscored by opponents 206 to 93.
| 1902 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football | |
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| Conference | Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 4â5 (2â2 MIAA) |
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| Captain | Arthur D. Peters |
| Home stadium | College Field |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olivet + | 5 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma + | 4 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albion | 4 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 6 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan Agricultural | 2 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hillsdale | 0 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kalamazoo | 0 | â | 5 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| September 27 | at Notre Dame* | L 0â33 | ||||
| October 4 | Detroit* | W 11â0 | [1] | |||
| October 8 | at Michigan* | L 0â119 | ||||
| October 11 | Hillsdale |
| W 35â0 | |||
| October 18 | Michigan freshmen* |
| W 2â0 | |||
| October 25 | DePauw* |
| L 12â17 | |||
| November 1 | at Olivet | Olivet, MI | L 6â11 | |||
| November 15 | at Albion |
| W 22â11 | [2] | ||
| November 22 | Alma |
| L 5â16 | |||
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Game summaries
Michigan
On Wednesday, October 8, 1902, the Aggies played a mid-week game against Michigan. Michigan defeated the Aggies by a score of 119 to 0. The Wolverines scored 71 points in the first half of 20 minutes and 48 in the second half of 18 minutes.[4] The Michigan Alumnus called it "the greatest fusillade of touchdowns ever known to the football world," excluding Michigan's 128â0 win over Buffalo in 1901.[5] Michigan was held on downs only once in the game, and the Aggies made only three first downs.[4] Right halfback Albert Herrnstein ran back a kickoff the length of the field and scored seven touchdowns in the game. Willie Heston and Everett Sweeley did not play in the game, and the Detroit Free Press noted: "The opinion is quite general that if Heston and Sweeley had been in the game the Buffalo record would have been beaten, but, as it was, Michigan was simply fagged out running down the field for touchdowns."[4] After the game, The Newark Advocate wrote:
"Michigan has undoubtedly the fastest scoring team in the world, and the Ann Arbor boys play Yosts' 'hurry up' formations like clock work. It requires a fast team to take the ball, line up and score 119 points, even if they have no opponents in two 20 minute halves."[6]
