1887 Boston Tech football team
| 1887 Boston Tech football | |
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EIFA champion | |
| Conference | Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association |
| Record | 5–3 (4–0 EIFA) |
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| Home stadium | Union Grounds |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston Tech $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trinity (CT) | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amherst | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stevens | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1887 Boston Tech football team represented Boston Tech—now known as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)—as a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association (EIFA) during the 1887 college football season. Boston Tech compiled an overall record of 5–3 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the EIFA title. The team played home games at Union Grounds in Boston.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 12 | 4:20 p.m. | at Harvard second team* | L 10–12 | [1][2] | ||
| October 15 | 3:20 p.m. | at Harvard* | L 0–60 | 600 | [3] | |
| October 18 | 4:48 p.m. | Boston University* | Boston, MA | W 21–0 | [4] | |
| October 22 | 3:15 p.m. | at Phillips Exeter* | Exeter, NH | L 14–26 | [5] | |
| October 26 | 3:06 p.m. | Dartmouth |
| W 24–15 | [6] | |
| October 29 | 3:20 p.m. | Tufts* |
| W 36–0 | [7] | |
| November 5 | Trinity (CT) |
| W 74–0 | [8] | ||
| November 12 | at Amherst |
| W 54–0 | [9] | ||
| November 19 | at Stevens |
| W 20–0 | [10] | ||
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References
- ↑ "Harvards Defeat the "Tech" Boys". The Daily Item. Lynn, Massachusetts. October 13, 1887. p. 4. Retrieved June 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com
. - ↑ "Harvards, 12; Techs 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 13, 1887. p. 3. Retrieved June 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Without A Point.—Harvard's Foot Ball Team Defeats Techs, Making 60 Points". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 16, 1887. p. 6. Retrieved June 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Boston Varsity Blanked.—Technology's Footballists Secure a Victory—Score 21—0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 18, 1887. p. 3. Retrieved June 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ ""Techs" Meet With Defeat.—Phillips Exeter Eleven Kick a Game of Foot Ball Away From Them". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 23, 1887. p. 2. Retrieved June 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Tech's Team Victorious". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 27, 1887. p. 8. Retrieved March 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Tufts Whitewashed.—The Play Good Foot Ball by the "Techs" Were too Much for Them". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 30, 1887. p. 8. Retrieved June 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Tech For The Championship.—She Defeats Trinity by a Score of 74 to 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 6, 1887. p. 4. Retrieved June 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Victorious Technology.—They Defeat Amherst and Win the Championship". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 13, 1887. p. 4. Retrieved June 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Football in Hoboken". Brooklyn Citizen. Brooklyn, New York. November 20, 1887. p. 3. Retrieved June 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "College Foot-ball". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 6, 1887. p. 1. Retrieved March 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "1887 MIT Engineers Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved June 19, 2026.