1888 Worcester Tech football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1888
| team = Worcester Tech
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = Independent
| record = 1–5
| head_coach = None
| captain =
| stadium =
}}
{{1888 Eastern college football independents records}}
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.{{cite web|title=1888 WPI Engineers Stats|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=May 24, 2020|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/wpi/1888.html}} (Boston Tech game omitted)
Schedule
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|October 6||Harvard||Worcester, MA|L 0-70|4,000|{{cite news|title=Touchdowns at Worcester: Sam Winslow Referees, and Harvard Wins from "Tech"|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=October 7, 1888|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52018627/touchdowns-at-worcester/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 13|at|Trinity (CT)||Hartford, CT|L 4-8||{{Cite news|title=Trinity Defeats Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 8 to 4|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|date=October 15, 1888|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52017753/trinity-v-worester-polytechnic/}}
|October 27|at|Harvard||Cambridge, MA|L 0-68||{{cite news|title=Harvard, 68; Worcester Tech, 0|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=October 28, 1888|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52018392/harvard-68-worcester-tech-0/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 10||Trinity (CT)||Worcester, MA|W 6-0||{{cite news|title=Trinity and Worcester "Tech" Play an Exciting Game in a Rain Storm -- Trinity's First Defeat|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|date=November 12, 1888|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52017424/trinity-v-worcester-tech/}}
|November 17||Boston Tech (MIT)|Union grounds||L 0-24||{{cite news|title=Boston Techs, 24; Worcester Techs, 0|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=November 18, 1888|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52017994/boston-techs-24-worcester-techs-0/}}
|November 24|at|Wesleyan|||L 4-24||
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