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1946 Massachusetts State Aggies football team

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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 represented Massachusetts State College in the 1946 college football season. The team was coached by Walter Hargesheimer and played its home games at 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.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28at BatesL 0–6[1]
October 5BowdoinW 11–8[2]
October 12at Worcester Tech
W 39–0
October 19Rhode Island State
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
L 6–14
October 26at NorwichW 14–0[3]
November 2Vermont
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 28–20[4]
November 9CCNY
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 59–0[5]
November 16at Tufts
W 27–0[6]

References

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