The 1896 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented

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(MAC) in the

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. The Aggies compiled a 1–2–1 record. Although teams representing MAC had played two games against nearby

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a decade earlier in 1886, the 1896 season was the first in which MAC fielded a varsity football team for a full season of play. The team opened the season with a 10–0 victory over Lansing High School on September 26. In the first intercollegiate game of the season, the Aggies lost to by a 21 to 0 score on October 17. The Aggies then played to a scoreless tie on October 25, before closing its season with an 18–16 loss to Alma on November 11. The 1896 Aggies had no coach.2016 Media Guide, p. 150.

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