season_1904-1905
1905 Season
The 1905 MAC Aggie basketball team represented Massachusetts Agricultural College. There was no formal head coach. The team captain was Erwins Fulton, the manager's last name was Gardner.1) The team played its home games primarily in Drill Hall in Amherst, Massachusetts.
The season represented the fifth basketball season in the school's history.
- Final Record: 3-5
- Postseason: none2)
Scoreboard
This table represents what was seen in UM's media guide, 2008-09 edition. There are some discrepancies between that data and what has been found in College Signal archives.
| Date | Opponent | MAC | Opp. | Record | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 7 | at Holyoke Consolidated | 67 | 12 | 1-0 | |
| Jan. 17 | WPI | 21 | 34 | 1-1 | |
| Jan. 20 | at Newport Naval Res. | 15 | 20 | 1-2 | |
| Jan. 21 | at Brown | 14 | 51 | 1-3 | |
| Feb. 1 | Northampton | 37 | 5 | 2-3 | |
| Feb. 143) | Connecticut | 66 | 22 | 3-3 | First ever game against UConn |
| Feb. 17 | at Tufts | 15 | 25 | 3-4 | |
| Feb. 18 | at Andover | 18 | 51 | 3-5 |
The College Signal, MAC's newspaper at the time, showed this schedule in their January 18, 1905 edition:
The 2/1/1905 edition of the Signal states: “Trinity cancelled her game scheduled for Jan. 28 at the Drill Hall on only one day's notice, finding that the game interfered with examinations. Manager Gardner has made arrangements for a game with the Northampton Y. M. C. A. to be played tonight at the Drill Hall.”4)
2)
Unsure if any regional/national postseason play was even organized in this era.
3)
College Signal https://archive.org/details/collegesignal02mass/page/n45/mode/1up shows the game as Feb 4, not 14. UConn's 2023-24 media guide shows no dates for games that season, but does show the 66-22 losing score.
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