1915 Maine Black Bears football team

1915 Maine Black Bears football
MIAA champion
Conference	Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	6–3 (3–0 MIAA)
Head coach	Tommy Hughitt (1st season)
Captain	Charles Ruffner
Home stadium	Alumni Field

The 1915 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine during the 1915 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3 record. Charles Ruffner was the team captain.^[1]

In March 1915, Tommy Hughitt was hired as Maine's head football coach.^[2] Hughitt had been the quarterback of Fielding H. Yost's Michigan football teams from 1912 to 1914. Hughitt was credited with bringing Yost's system to Maine: "Hughitt showed the effectiveness of the Yost system of coaching by developing a bunch of green material, a team which staged a real 'comeback' after a bad start last year."^[3]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 18		Fort McKinley*	Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 7–0
September 25		at Yale*	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–37	[4]
October 2		at Dartmouth*	Hanover, NH	L 0–34
October 9		Vermont*	Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 14–0	[5]
October 16	3:00 p.m.	Boston College*	Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 14–0	[6]
October 23		Bates	Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 29–14
October 30		Colby	Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 31–6
November 6		at Bowdoin	Whittier Field Brunswick, ME	W 23–13
November 13		at Army*	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–24
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
2. "Hughitt of Michigan Maine Football Coach". The Boston Globe. March 5, 1915. p. 8.
3. "Alumni Notes". The Michigan technic, Volumes 28-29. 1915. p. 231.
4. "Yale Crushes Maine Eleven by Open Play". The Sun. September 26, 1915. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "U. of Maine 14, U. of Vermont 0". The Bangor Daily News. October 11, 1915. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Boston College Vs. U. Of M. Today". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. October 6, 1915. p. 3. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .