1888 Worcester Tech football team

1888 Worcester Tech football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–5
Head coach	None

1888 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					13	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					12	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					11	–	1	–	0
Lehigh			–					10	–	2	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					5	–	1	–	1
Lafayette			–					6	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					4	–	2	–	0
Penn			–					9	–	7	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					1	–	2	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	4	–	0
Wesleyan			–					2	–	7	–	0
Worcester Tech			–					1	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	6	–	1
Penn State			–					0	–	2	–	1
Swarthmore			–					0	–	5	–	0

The 1888 Worcester Tech football team was an American football team that represented Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the 1888 college football season. The team compiled a 1–5 record.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 6	Harvard	Worcester, MA	L 0–70	4,000	[2]
October 13	at Trinity (CT)	Hartford, CT	L 4–8		[3]
October 27	at Harvard	Cambridge, MA	L 0–68		[4]
November 10	Trinity (CT)	Worcester, MA	W 6–0		[5]
November 17	Boston Tech (MIT)	Union grounds	L 0–24		[6]
November 24	at Wesleyan		L 4–24

References

1. "1888 WPI Engineers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 24, 2020. (Boston Tech game omitted)
2. "Touchdowns at Worcester: Sam Winslow Referees, and Harvard Wins from "Tech"". The Boston Globe. October 7, 1888. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Trinity Defeats Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 8 to 4". The Hartford Courant. October 15, 1888. p. 5.
4. "Harvard, 68; Worcester Tech, 0". The Boston Globe. October 28, 1888. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Trinity and Worcester "Tech" Play an Exciting Game in a Rain Storm -- Trinity's First Defeat". The Hartford Courant. November 12, 1888. p. 5.
6. "Boston Techs, 24; Worcester Techs, 0". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1888. p. 4.