1888 Boston Tech football team
| 1888 Boston Tech football | |
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EIFA co-champion | |
| Conference | Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association |
| Record | 6–5 (3–1 EIFA) |
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| Home stadium | Union Grounds |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston Tech + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Williams | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stevens | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amherst | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1888 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 1888 college football season. Boston Tech compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, sharing the EIFA title with Dartmouth.[1] The team played home games at Union Grounds in Boston.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| October 13 | 3:08 p.m. | at Harvard* | L 0–18 | [2] | |
| October 20 | Phillips Exeter* | W 13–0 | [3] | ||
| October 24 | vs. Yale* |
| L 0–68 | [4] | |
| October 27 | 2:00 p.m. | Amherst |
| W 48–0 | [5] |
| October 31 | at Harvard* |
| L 0–42 | [6] | |
| November 3 | at Phillips Exeter* | Exeter, NH | W 11–4 | [7] | |
| November 5 | at Phillips Academy* | Andover, MA | L 0–10 | [8] | |
| November 10 | at Dartmouth | Hanover, NH | L 0–30 | [9] | |
| November 17 | Worcester Tech* |
| W 24–0 | [10] | |
| November 21 | 3:05 p.m. | Williams |
| W 22–0 | [11] |
| November 24 | 10:10 a.m. | at Stevens |
| W 14–12 | [12] |
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References
- ↑ "Football Men In Session.—Semi-Annual Meeting of the New England League in This City". Springfield Republican. Springfield, Massachusetts. December 8, 1888. p. 4. Retrieved June 19, 2026 – via Newspapers.com
. - ↑ "Harvard Wins.—The Crimson Eleven Makes a Great Brace for Victory". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 14, 1888. p. 2. Retrieved June 19, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Punting Pigskin.—"Techs" Eleven Defeat Exeter 13 to 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 21, 1888. p. 2. Retrieved June 19, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Football.—Yale Defeats Boston "Tech"". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 25, 1888. p. 5. Retrieved June 19, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Yale[sic] Outdone By Tech". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 28, 1888. p. 6. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Hot Foot Ball Work.—Harvards Shut Out the "Techs" by a Score of 42 to 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 1, 1888. p. 5. Retrieved June 19, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Techs, 11; Exeter, 4". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1888. p. 2. Retrieved June 19, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Phillips, 10; Techs, 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 6, 1888. p. 3. Retrieved June 19, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Dartmouth Downs Tech". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. November 11, 1888. p. 16. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Boston Techs, 24; Worcester Techs, 0". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1888. p. 4.
- ↑ ""Techs" To The Front.—Williams Eleven Defeated On Union Grounds". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 22, 1888. p. 5. Retrieved June 19, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ ""Techs" The Winner.—Boston Ball Kickers Down the Jerseyites of Stevens Institute". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 24, 1888. p. 1. Retrieved June 19, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "1888 MIT Engineers Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved June 19, 2026.