1886 MIT Engineers football team

1886 MIT Engineers football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–6–1
Head coach	None
Home stadium	Union Grounds

1886 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 2		Williams	Union Grounds Boston, MA	T 14–14
October 6		Harvard	Union Grounds Boston, MA	L 0–54	[2]
October 9		at Williams	Weston Field Williamstown, MA	L 0–21
October 16		at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–96
October 20		at Harvard	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	L 0–59
October 29	3:00 p.m.	at Dartmouth	Union Grounds Boston, MA	L 6–11	[3][4]
October 30		Amherst	Union Grounds Boston, MA	W 22–0
November 6		Tufts	Union Grounds Boston, MA	W 26–8
November 17		Harvard	Union Grounds Boston, MA	L 0–62	[5]
All times are in Eastern time

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 .
4. "Kicking In the Rain". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 30, 1886. p. 5. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
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.