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{{short description|American college football season}}
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|Year=1946
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{{Infobox college sports team season
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|Team=Massachusetts State Aggies
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| year = 1946
|Image=
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| team = Massachusetts State Aggies
|ImageSize=150px
| sport = football
|Conference=Independent
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| image =
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|ShortConference=
| conference = [[Yankee Conference]]
|Record=6–2
| short_conf = Yankee
|ConfRecord=
| record = 6–2
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|HeadCoach=[[Walter Hargesheimer]]
| conf_record = 1–1
|HCYear = 1st year of 2nd stint; 3rd overall
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| head_coach = [[Walter Hargesheimer]]
|OffCoach=
| hc_year = 3rd
|DefCoach=
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| captain =
|StadiumArena=[[Alumni Field (Amherst, Massachusetts)|Alumni Field]]
| stadium = [[Alumni Field (Amherst, Massachusetts)|Alumni Field]]
|Champion=
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| next = [[1947 Massachusetts Statesmen football team|1947]]
|BowlTourney=
|BowlTourneyResult=
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|next=[[1947 UMass Redmen football team|1947]]
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{{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==
{{CFB schedule
{{CFB schedule
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| rankyear = 1946
| poll = AP
| timezone = Eastern
| timezone = Eastern


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| away = y
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| opponent = [[1946 Bates Bobcats football team|Bates]]
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| rank =
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| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1946|team=Bates Bobcats|title=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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|{{CFB schedule entry
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| time =
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| w/l = w
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| opponent = [[1946 Bowdoin Polar Bears football team|Bowdoin]]
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| rank =
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| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1946|team=Bowdoin Polar Bears|title=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>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| away = y
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1946|team=Worcester Tech Engineers|title=Worcester Tech}}
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1946|team=Worcester Tech Engineers|title=Worcester Tech}}
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
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| time =
| time =
| w/l = l
| w/l = l
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| opponent = [[1946 Rhode Island State Rams football team|Rhode Island State]]
| rank =
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| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1946|team=Rhode Island Rams|title=Rhode Island}}
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| site_cityst = Amherst, MA
| site_cityst = Amherst, MA
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| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| away = y
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1946|team=Norwich Cadets|title=Norwich}}
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1946|team=Norwich Cadets|title=Norwich}}
| site_stadium = [[Sabine Field]]
| site_stadium = [[Sabine Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Northfield, VT]]
| site_cityst = [[Northfield, Vermont|Northfield, VT]]
| 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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|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| time =
| time =
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| w/l = w
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| opponent = [[1946 Vermont Catamounts football team|Vermont]]
| away = y
| rank =
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| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1946|team=Vermont Catamounts|title=Vermont}}
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| 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>
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}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| time =
| time =
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| w/l = w
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| opponent = [[1946 CCNY Beavers football team|CCNY]]
| rank =
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| opponent = [[City College of New York|CCNY]]
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| 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>
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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
| away = y
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1946|team=Tufts Jumbos|title=Tufts}}
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1946|team=Tufts Jumbos|title=Tufts}}
| site_stadium = Tufts Oval
| site_stadium = Tufts Oval
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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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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1946 college football season|Massachusetts State Aggies]]
[[Category:1946 Yankee Conference football season|Massachusetts State]]
[[Category:UMass Minutemen football seasons]]
[[Category:UMass Minutemen football seasons]]
[[Category:1946 in sports in Massachusetts|Aggies]]
[[Category:1946 in sports in Massachusetts|Massachusetts State Aggies football]]

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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