"Against Stagg's Old Team" (October 26, 1892)

Item Information

Title:
"Against Stagg's Old Team" (October 26, 1892)
Description:
This is a scrapbook page with a copy of the newspaper article titled "Against Stagg's Old Team. Yale Scores 50 Points to 0 for the Y.M.C.A. on Hampden Park." The article talks about a football game that took place between Springfield College and Yale University. It describes the game, scoring, and lineups. William G. Morgan, the creator of the game of Volleyball, played in this game and was injured. The page is from the Scrapbook created by Springfield College, at the time known as the International YMCA Training School, titled "Scrapbook Clippings and Publications, 1891-1893." The article is published on October 26, 1892 but the publisher is not listed. For more information on William G. Morgan see https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/723. An All-American Yale player, Stagg brought football to what is now Springfield College and coached the institution’s first team in 1891. After arriving as a graduate student and instructor in 1890, Stagg posted a notice inviting students and faculty to play football for the institution. On an open field overlooking Lake Massasoit, the team would practice and play the less important games, while playing bigger games downtown. The first year ended with a 5-3 record, highlighted by a 26-0 defeat of Amherst College, the game represented by this admissions ticket, and a contest against Yale at Madison Square Garden, the first-ever indoor football game. Yale fielded a team of five varsity players, two substitutes, and a group of Yale graduates. Springfield College, at this time, had less than fifty students from which to draw. Stagg was the only experienced player on the Springfield College squad and found his team outsized by an average of twenty pounds per man. In a great contest, Springfield College showed true courage and pride, but ultimately lost 16-10. The newspapers labeled Stagg’s team the “Stubby Christians,” commending the team for the surprise they gave everyone in attendance and how they outplayed the giants from New Haven. After coaching for fifty-seven years at number of different institutions, he became the dean of college football coaches. Stagg pioneered the huddle, the man in motion, the end-around, and the Statue of Liberty play, among others. During October 2006, the refurbished Benedum Field was renamed the Amos Alonzo Stagg Field. In The Fireside Book of Football, Edwin Pope describes Stagg as “football’s Ben Franklin, Alexander Bell, and Thomas Edison all rolled into one.”
Date:
October 26, 1892
Format:
Documents
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Marketing and Communications Records
Subjects:
Springfield College
Springfield College--Sports
Springfield College--Sports--Men
Springfield College--Football
International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (Springfield, Mass.)
Stagg, Amos Alonzo, 1862-1965
Black, Jotham F.
Stephens, Duncan C.
Archibald, Lyman W.
Morgan, William G.
Wall, Charles F.
Kinnicutt, William H.
Smith, Harvey L.
Foster, Festus H.
Badger, Jonathan E.
McKee, William E.
Naismith, James, 1861-1939
Yale University
Football
Athletes
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/21537
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Language:
English
Identifier:
scrapbook-1891-1893-yale-game-articles