The 1892 Utah Agricultural Aggies football team was an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
team that represented Utah Agricultural College (later renamed
Utah State University
Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public land-grant research university in Logan, Utah. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. With nearly 20,000 students living on or near campus, USU is Utah ...
) during the
1892 college football season. In their first season of intercollegiate football, the Aggies compiled a 1–0 record.
On November 25, 1892, the Aggies played the
University of Utah football team at
Logan, Utah with the Aggies prevailing by a 12–0 score. The game was the first intercollegiate football game in program history for both schools. The game began at 3 p.m. on a muddy field that had been partially cleared of snow. After a scoreless first half, Garf ran for the first touchdown in Aggies history, and F. Olsen kicked the goal from touchdown.
[ ''The Salt Lake Tribune'' wrote that "probably no finer exhibition of manly sport was ever witnessed in this part of the country",][
The team's lineup against Utah was Harry Sanborn at fullback, George Hughes at right halfback, F. Olsen at left halfback, Claude Raybould at quarterback, Walter Croft at right end, Frank Crittenden at left end, John Bimher at right tackle, Lynne Ashton at left tackle, George Garf at right guard, Blaine Olsen at left end, Robert Erwin at center rush, and Carl Allison at substitute.][Full names, where available, are drawn from the 2018 Media Guide.]
After their victory over Utah, the Aggies did not participate in another intercollegiate football team until 1896.
Schedule
References
Utah Agricultural
Utah State Aggies football seasons
College football undefeated seasons
Utah Agricultural Aggies football
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