1896 Storrs Aggies football team

1896 Storrs Aggies football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3
Head coach	None
Home stadium	Athletic Fields

1896 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Fordham			–					1	–	0	–	0
Lafayette			–					11	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					10	–	0	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					14	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					11	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					9	–	1	–	2
Villanova			–					10	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					7	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	0
Storrs			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Rutgers			–					6	–	6	–	0
Carlisle			–					5	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					2	–	2	–	2
Brown			–					4	–	5	–	1
Wesleyan			–					4	–	5	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					3	–	4	–	2
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Amherst			–					3	–	6	–	1
Western Univ. Penn.			–					3	–	6	–	0
Lehigh			–					2	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	6	–	1
Swarthmore			–					2	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					1	–	4	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	5	–	0
Massachusetts			–					0	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1896 Storrs Aggies football team represented Storrs Agricultural College, now the University of Connecticut, as an independent during the 1896 college football season. This was the first year that the school fielded a football team. The Aggies completed the season with a record of 5–3, against a mix of nearby high school and YMCA teams.^[1][2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 3	at Rockville High School	Rockville, CT	W 16–6
October 10	at Norwich Free Academy	Norwich, CT	L 6–22
October 17	Willimantic YMCA	Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	W 16–0
October 24	Willimantic YMCA	Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	W 6–0
October 31	Middletown High School	Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	L 0–4
November 7	at Willimantic High School	Willimantic, CT	W 16–8
November 14	Willimantic High School	Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	W 4–0
November 26	at Middletown High School	Middletown, CT	L 0–16

References

1. 2015 UConn Football Media Guide (PDF). UConn Huskies. p. 118. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 18, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
2. "Connecticut Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.