1923 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team

The 1923 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC) in the 1923 college football season. In their first year under head coach Ralph H. Young, the Aggies compiled a 3–5 record and were outscored by their opponents 144 to 56.[1]

1923 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football
Conference	Independent
1923 record	3–5
Head coach	Ralph H. Young (1st season)

1923 Midwestern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Marquette			–					8	–	0	–	0
Notre Dame			–					9	–	1	–	0
Western State (MI)			–					6	–	1	–	1
Haskell			–					11	–	2	–	1
Butler			–					7	–	2	–	0
Central Michigan			–					5	–	1	–	2
Baldwin–Wallace			–					5	–	2	–	1
Cincinnati			–					6	–	3	–	0
Loyola (IL)			–					5	–	3	–	0
Saint Louis			–					5	–	3	–	1
Detroit			–					4	–	3	–	2
Wabash			–					4	–	3	–	2
John Carroll			–					4	–	4	–	1
Valparaiso			–					2	–	2	–	1
Dayton			–					4	–	5	–	0
Michigan Agricultural			–					3	–	5	–	0
Fairmount			–					2	–	4	–	2
Kent State			–					0	–	5	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 29	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	L 0–34
October 6	Lake Forest	College Field East Lansing, MI	W 21–6
October 13	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 0–21
October 20	Albion	College Field East Lansing, MI	W 13–0
October 27	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	L 0–37
November 3	Ohio Wesleyan	College Field East Lansing, MI	L 14–19
November 10	Creighton	College Field East Lansing, MI	L 7–27
November 17	at Detroit	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 2–0
Homecoming

Game summaries

Michigan

Week 4: Michigan Agricultural at Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan Agricultural 0 0 0 0 0 • Michigan 24 6 7 0 37 Date: October 27, 1923 Location: Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI

On October 27, 1923, the Aggies lost to Michigan, 37–0, at Ferry Field. Harry Kipke's "broken field running figured prominently in Michigan's scoring."[2] Richard Vick started in place of Herb Steger, who was held in reserve for the Iowa game the following week. A newspaper account of the game reported that Vick "played brilliantly, plunging and passing for repeated gains," revealing "a wealth of strength among the Michigan reserves."[2] The 1924 Michiganensian reported that the Aggies "furnished a good practice game" and noted the every player on the Michigan bench was able to play in the game.[3]

References

1. "2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 142, 148. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
2. "Michigan Crushes Aggies in Gridiron Walkaway, 37 to 0". The Indianapolis Sunday Star. October 28, 1923. p. 2.
3. 1924 Michiganensian, "Review of Season," page 226.