1891 Springfield YMCA football team

1891 Springfield YMCA football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–8–1
Head coach	Amos Alonzo Stagg (2nd season)
Captain	Amos Alonzo Stagg
Home stadium	Outing Park

1891 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					13	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					13	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					12	–	1	–	0
Tufts			–					7	–	1	–	0
Penn			–					11	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	1	–	0
Army			–					4	–	1	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					4	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					5	–	3	–	1
Rutgers			–					8	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	6	–	0
Springfield YMCA			–					5	–	8	–	1
Fordham			–					1	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	7	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					2	–	6	–	0
Lafayette			–					2	–	9	–	1
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	0
Wesleyan			–					1	–	6	–	0

The 1891 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 1891 college football season. Led by Amos Alonzo Stagg in his second and final season as head coach, the team compiled a record of 5–8–1. Stagg also played for the team at fullback and halfback. Springfield YMCA played their home games at Outing Park in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23		Connecticut Literary Institute	Springfield, MA	W 46–0
September 27		at Phillips Academy	Andover, MA	W 30–18
September 30	4:00 p.m.	at Trinity (CT)	Hartford, CT	L 14–16
October 3		at Orange Athletic Club	Orange Oval Orange, NJ	W 16–0
October 7		at Amherst	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	T 12–12
October 10		at Wesleyan	Middletown, CT	L 8–12
October 14		at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–28	500
October 17		Massachusetts	Outing Park Springfield, MA	W 30–0
October 21		Amherst	Outing Park Springfield, MA	W 18–4
October 24		at Williams	Weston Field Williamstown, MA	L 6–16
October 28		at Amherst	Amherst, MA	L 4–24
October 31		at Harvard	Cambridge, MA	L 0–34
November 7		at Harvard	Cambridge, MA	L 4–44
November 10	3:30 p.m.	Boston Athletic Association	Outing Park Springfield, MA	L 4–42
All times are in Eastern time