1890 Springfield YMCA football team

1890 Springfield YMCA football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
CaptainAmos Alonzo Stagg
Home stadiumSpringfield YMCA grounds
Gunn's lot / State-street athletic grounds
Armory hill athletic grounds
Hampden Park
1890 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard – 11–0–0
Yale – 13–1–0
Princeton – 11–1–1
Franklin & Marshall – 8–2–0
Navy – 5–1–1
Penn – 11–3–0
Washington & Jefferson – 2–1–0
Cornell – 7–4–0
Lehigh – 7–4–0
Syracuse – 7–4–0
Springfield YMCA – 5–3–0
Rutgers – 5–5–1
Penn State – 2–2–0
Western Univ. Penn – 2–2–0
Colgate – 1–1–0
Wesleyan – 5–6–0
Tufts – 2–3–0
NYU – 2–4–0
Lafayette – 2–5–1
Fordham – 1–3–1
Brown – 2–5–0
Bucknell – 1–4–1
Massachusetts – 1–4–0
Columbia – 1–6–1
Army – 0–1–0
Geneva – 0–1–0

The 1890 Springfield YMCA football team, also known as the Christian Workers and the Staggs, was an American football team that represented the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School—now known as Springfield College–as an independent during the 1890 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the team compiled a record of 5–3. Springfield YMCA played home games at several locations in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 83:15 p.m.Williston Seminary
L 10–15[1][2][3]
October 154:30 p.m.at Williston Seminary
W 14–9[4][5]
October 18at MassachusettsAmherst, MAW 14–10[6][7]
November 13:30 p.m.Massachusetts
  • Gunn's lot / State-street athletic grounds
  • Springfield, MA
L 12–18[8][9]
Connecticut Literary InstituteW 24–6
November 193:30 p.m.Yale freshmen
  • Armory-hill athletic grounds
  • Springfield, MA
W 38–0[10][11][12]
November 22Amherst
W 26–03,000[13][14][15]
December 12vs. Yale '91 teamL 10–16[16][17]

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References

  1. ↑ "Local Intelligence.; Springfield". The Springfield Sunday Republican. Springfield, Massachusetts. October 8, 1890. p. 6. Retrieved June 23, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ↑ "Williston Defeated At Foot-ball.—By the School for Christian Workers Team in This City". The Springfield Sunday Republican. Springfield, Massachusetts. October 9, 1890. p. 5. Retrieved June 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ↑ "Stagg's Team Beaten But Happy". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 9, 1890. p. 6. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ↑ "Stagg's Eleven Wins At Williston.—Beating the Seminary Team 14 to 9, in a Hard-Fought Game". The Springfield Sunday Republican. Springfield, Massachusetts. October 16, 1890. p. 5. Retrieved June 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ↑ "Foot Ball News". The Meriden Daily Journal. Meriden, Connecticut. October 16, 1890. p. 2. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ↑ "Stagg's Eleven Wins Again.—The Aggies Beaten at Foot-Ball by the Christian Workers' Team from This City". The Springfield Sunday Republican. Springfield, Massachusetts. October 19, 1890. p. 1. Retrieved June 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ↑ "School of Christian Workers vs. Aggies". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 20, 1890. p. 1. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ↑ "Local Intelligence.; Springfield". The Springfield Sunday Republican. Springfield, Massachusetts. October 31, 1890. p. 6. Retrieved June 23, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ↑ "Kickers On The Campus.—The Aggies Win In This City.—Defeating Stagg's Christian Workers Team 18 To 12". The Springfield Sunday Republican. Springfield, Massachusetts. November 2, 1890. p. 1. Retrieved June 23, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ↑ "Local Intelligence.; Springfield". The Springfield Sunday Republican. Springfield, Massachusetts. November 19, 1890. p. 6. Retrieved June 23, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ↑ "The Yale Freshmen Defeated.—By the Christian Workers' Foot-ball Team". The Springfield Sunday Republican. Springfield, Massachusetts. November 20, 1890. p. 8. Retrieved June 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ↑ "Stagg's Men Bucked for Goals". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 20, 1890. p. 5. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ↑ "Amherst Beaten By Stagg's Men.—A Game in Which the College Boys Receive Instruction". The Springfield Sunday Republican. Springfield, Massachusetts. November 23, 1890. p. 2. Retrieved June 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ↑ "Stagg's Eleven Won". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 22, 1890. p. 6. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ↑ "Yale Whipped By Harvard". The Sun. New York, New York. November 23, 1890. p. 8. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ↑ "Yale Men Were Surprised". The New York Times. New York, New York. December 13, 1890. p. 3. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ↑ "Yale Won At Foot Ball". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. December 13, 1890. p. 6. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ↑ "Springfield College Football All-Time Results". Springfield College Athletics. Retrieved June 22, 2026.