1898 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1898

| team = Michigan Agricultural Aggies

| sport = football

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| conference = Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

| short_conf = MIAA

| record = 4–3

| conf_record = 4–1

| head_coach = Henry Keep

| hc_year = 2nd

| captain = John H. Vanderstolpe

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{{1898 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}

The 1898 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC) as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) the 1898 college football season. In their second year under coach Henry Keep, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 4–3 and outscored their opponents 142 to 127. Coach Keep was an engineering student who had transferred from the University of Michigan.{{cite book|author=Steve Grinczel|title=Michigan State Football: They Are Spartans|page=11}}{{cite book|author=Keith Widder|title=Michigan Agricultural College: The Evolution of a Land-Grant Philosophy|page=373}}

The 1898 season also featured the first installment of the Michigan–Michigan State football rivalry; Michigan won the game on a Wednesday at Ann Arbor, Michigan, by 39 to 0 score. Three days after losing to Michigan, the Aggies also lost the second installment of the Michigan State–Notre Dame football rivalry; Notre Dame won the game at South Bend, Indiana, by 53 to 0 score.

Schedule

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|October 8||at|Michigan State Normal||Ypsilanti, MI|W 11-6||

|October 12||at|Michigan|Regents Field|Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)|L 0-39||{{cite news|title=Good Scores Rolled Up: Michigan Practiced on the M.A.C. for a Fair Total|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 13, 1898|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20905641/good_scores_rolled_up_michigan/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 15||at|Notre Dame|Brownson Hall field|Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)|L 0-53||

|October 22|||Albion||East Lansing, MI|W 62-6||

|October 29||at|Olivet||Olivet, MI|W 45-0||{{cite news|title=Olivet Not in the Game|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 30, 1898|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20905813/olivet_not_in_the_game/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 19|||Michigan State Normal||East Lansing, MI|W 24-6||

|November 24|2:30 p.m.|at|Kalamazoo||Kalamazoo, MI|L 0-17|1,000|{{cite news |author= |title=Foot Ball Contest—Preparations for the Big Game This Afternoon |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kalamazoo-gazette/168418788/ |newspaper=Kalamazoo Gazette |location=Kalamazoo, Michigan |date=November 24, 1898 |page=1 |access-date=March 20, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Intercollegiate Championship Won By Kalamazoo |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press/168418899/ |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |location=Detroit, Michigan |date=November 25, 1898 |page=6 |access-date=March 20, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Are Champions—Kalamazoo College Shut Out M. A. C. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kalamazoo-gazette/168419027/ |newspaper=Kalamazoo Gazette |location=Kalamazoo, Michigan |date=November 26, 1898 |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kalamazoo-gazette/168419192/ 4] |access-date=March 20, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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{{cite web |author= |title=2024 Michigan State Football Media Guide |url=https://msuspartans.com/documents/2024/7/24/2024_Michigan_State_Football_Media_Guide_Big_Ten_Media_Day.pdf |publisher=Michigan State Athletics |page=194 |access-date=March 21, 2025 }}

Game summaries

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The 1898 season marked the first game played in the intrastate rivalry between Michigan and Michigan State. The teams met in Ann Arbor on October 12, 1898, and Michigan won, 39 to 0. The Detroit Free Press wrote that the game was "essentially a practice game," as Michigan played 25 different players during the game. Charles Widman scored two touchdowns and was "the strongest ground-gainer" for Michigan. In the second half, Keena also kicked a field goal from a place-kick, "the first time a Michigan eleven has ever scored in that fashion."{{Cite news|title=Football|publisher=The Michigan Alumnus|date=November 1898|page=60|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FNoSdYn20uYC}}("The feature of the game was a place kick for goal made by Keena from the 23-yard line.") The game was played in 20-minute halves. The referee was J. C. Knight.

After the 1898 shutout, Michigan sent its freshman team against Michigan Agricultural for the next three years.{{cite news|author=Steve Grinczel |title=Michigan State Football, pp. 7-8}} The two rivals have played each other more than 100 times since the inaugural meeting in 1898.

References

Michigan Agricultural

Category:Michigan State Spartans football seasons

Michigan Agricultural Aggies football