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{{short description|American college football season}}
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| year = 1946
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| conference = Yankee Conference
| conference = [[Yankee Conference]]
| short_conf = Yankee
| record = 6–2
| record = 6–2
| conf_record = 1–1
| head_coach = [[Walter Hargesheimer]]
| head_coach = [[Walter Hargesheimer]]
| hc_year = 3rd
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| next = [[1947 Massachusetts Statesmen football team|1947]]
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{{1946 Yankee Conference standings}}
{{1946 Yankee Conference football standings}}
The '''1946 Massachusetts State Aggies football team''' represented [[University of Massachusetts Amherst|Massachusetts State College]] in the [[1946 college football season]]. The team was coached by [[Walter Hargesheimer]] and played its home games at [[Alumni Field (Amherst, Massachusetts)|Alumni Field]] in [[Amherst, Massachusetts]]. The 1946 season was the team's last as an Independent, as they would form the [[Yankee Conference]] with the other New England land-grant universities in 1947. It was also their last as the Mass State Aggies, as they would begin play in 1947 as the University of Massachusetts Redmen. Mass State finished the season with a record of 6–2.
The '''1946 Massachusetts State Aggies football team''' was an [[American football]] team that represented [[University of Massachusetts Amherst|Massachusetts State College]] in the [[Yankee Conference]] during the [[1946 college football season]]. In their third season under head coach [[Walter Hargesheimer]], the Aggies compiled a 6–2 record (1–1 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 184 to 48.<ref>{{cite news |title=Massachusetts Yearly Results |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |accessdate=June 16, 2022 |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/m/massachusetts/1945-1949_yearly_results.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905190851/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/m/massachusetts/1945-1949_yearly_results.php |archive-date=5 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The 1946 season was the team's last as the Massachusetts State Aggies, as they would begin play in 1947 as the University of Massachusetts Redmen.

The team played its home games at [[Alumni Field (Amherst, Massachusetts)|Alumni Field]] in [[Amherst, Massachusetts]].


==Schedule==
==Schedule==
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| away = y
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1946|team=Bates Bobcats|title=Bates}}
| opponent = [[1946 Bates Bobcats football team|Bates]]
| site_stadium = [[Garcelon Field]]
| site_stadium = [[Garcelon Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Lewiston, Maine|Lewiston, ME]]
| site_cityst = [[Lewiston, Maine|Lewiston, ME]]
| score = 0–6
| score = 0–6
| attend =
| attend =
| source = <ref>{{cite news|title=Bates Tops Mass State 6-0 In Season Opener|newspaper=The Lewiston Daily Sun|date=September 30, 1946|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103698686/bates-tops-mass-state-6-0-in-season/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1946|team=Bowdoin Polar Bears|title=Bowdoin}}
| opponent = [[1946 Bowdoin Polar Bears football team|Bowdoin]]
| site_stadium = [[Alumni Field (Amherst, Massachusetts)|Alumni Field]]
| site_stadium = [[Alumni Field (Amherst, Massachusetts)|Alumni Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Amherst, Massachusetts|Amherst, MA]]
| site_cityst = [[Amherst, Massachusetts|Amherst, MA]]
| score = 11–8
| score = 11–8
| attend =
| attend =
| source = <ref>{{cite news|title=Bates, Colby Triumph; Bowdoin Drops Opener|newspaper=The Bangor Daily News|date=October 7, 1946|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103900281/bates-colby-triumph-bowdoin-drops/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| score = 14–0
| score = 14–0
| attend =
| attend =
| source = <ref>{{cite news|title=Although Far Outgaining Norwich, Mass. State Pressed To Win, 14-0|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|date=October 28, 1946|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103900689/although-far-outgaining-norwich-mass/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| site_cityst = Amherst, MA
| site_cityst = Amherst, MA
| score = 28–20
| score = 28–20
| attend =
| attend = 3,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news |title=95-yard runback fastens lid on Mass. State win|date=November 3, 1946|newspaper=The Boston Globe|via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79367532/95-yard-runback-fastens-lid-on-mass-sta/|accessdate=June 11, 2021}}</ref>
| source = <ref>{{cite news |title=95-yard runback fastens lid on Mass. State win|date=November 3, 1946|newspaper=The Boston Globe|via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79367532/95-yard-runback-fastens-lid-on-mass-sta/|accessdate=June 11, 2021}}</ref>
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| site_cityst = Amherst, MA
| site_cityst = Amherst, MA
| score = 59–0
| score = 59–0
| attend =
| attend = 1,500
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85547538/beavers-crushed-by-mass-state-590/|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|title=Beavers crushed by Mass State, 59–0|date=November 10, 1946|accessdate=September 18, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85547538/beavers-crushed-by-mass-state-590/|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|title=Beavers crushed by Mass State, 59–0|date=November 10, 1946|accessdate=September 18, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 16
| date = November 16
| time =
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
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| away = y
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| score = 27–0
| score = 27–0
| attend =
| attend =
| source = <ref>{{cite news|title=Air Duel Looms as Tufts, Mass. State Vie at Oval|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=November 16, 1946|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103901297/air-duel-looms-as-tufts-mass-state/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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[[Category:UMass Minutemen football seasons]]
[[Category:UMass Minutemen football seasons]]
[[Category:1946 in sports in Massachusetts|Massachusetts State Aggies football]]
[[Category:1946 in sports in Massachusetts|Massachusetts State Aggies football]]

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Latest revision as of 02:08, 17 August 2023

1946 Massachusetts State Aggies football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record6–2 (1–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire + 3 – 0 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Connecticut + 2 – 0 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Rhode Island State 2 – 2 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Massachusetts State 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Vermont 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 3 – 2
Maine 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1946 Massachusetts State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Massachusetts State College in the Yankee Conference during the 1946 college football season. In their third season under head coach Walter Hargesheimer, the Aggies compiled a 6–2 record (1–1 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 184 to 48.[1] The 1946 season was the team's last as the Massachusetts State Aggies, as they would begin play in 1947 as the University of Massachusetts Redmen.

The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Bates
L 0–6[2]
October 5Bowdoin
W 11–8[3]
October 12at Worcester Tech
W 39–0
October 19Rhode Island State
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
L 6–14
October 26at Norwich
W 14–0[4]
November 2Vermont
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 28–203,000[5]
November 9CCNY
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 59–01,500[6]
November 162:00 p.m.at Tufts
W 27–0[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Massachusetts Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "Bates Tops Mass State 6-0 In Season Opener". The Lewiston Daily Sun. September 30, 1946. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Bates, Colby Triumph; Bowdoin Drops Opener". The Bangor Daily News. October 7, 1946. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Although Far Outgaining Norwich, Mass. State Pressed To Win, 14-0". The Burlington Free Press. October 28, 1946. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "95-yard runback fastens lid on Mass. State win". The Boston Globe. November 3, 1946. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Beavers crushed by Mass State, 59–0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 10, 1946. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Air Duel Looms as Tufts, Mass. State Vie at Oval". The Boston Globe. November 16, 1946. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
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