1886 MIT Engineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6–1
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumUnion Grounds
1886 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale   –  9 –0 –1
Princeton   –  7 –0 –1
Harvard   –  12 –2 –0
Lafayette   –  10 –2 –0
Williams   –  5 –1 –1
Massachusetts   –  2 –1 –0
Penn   –  9 –7 –1
Lehigh   –  4 –3 –1
Dartmouth   –  2 –2 –0
Amherst   –  3 –4 –0
Rutgers   –  1 –3 –0
Wesleyan   –  2 –6 –0
MIT   –  2 –6 –1
Vermont   –  0 –1 –0
Stevens   –  0 –7 –1
Tufts   –  0 –8 –0
NYU   –  0 –3 –0
Swarthmore   –    –  
Trinity (CT)   –    –  

The 1886 MIT Engineers football team was an American football team that represented the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an independent during the 1886 college football season. The team compiled a 2–6–1 record.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2Williams
T 14–14
October 6Harvard
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
L 0–54[2]
October 9at Williams
L 0–21
October 16at Yale
L 0–96
October 20at Harvard
L 0–59
October 293:00 p.m.at Dartmouth
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
L 6–11[3][4]
October 30Amherst
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
W 22–0
November 6Tufts
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
W 26–8
November 17Harvard
  • Union Grounds
  • Boston, MA
L 0–62[5]

References

  1. ↑ "1886 MIT Engineers Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Technology vs. Harvard: An Interesting Game of Foot Ball in Which Harvard is the Winner". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1886. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  3. ↑ "Sporting Notes". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 29, 1886. p. 8. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ↑ "Kicking In the Rain". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 30, 1886. p. 5. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ↑ "Playing in a Cold Rain: Harvard Defeats the Techs on the Union Grounds, 62 Points to 0". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1886. p. 11 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.


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