1890 Springfield YMCA football team

1890 Springfield YMCA football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3
Head coach	Amos Alonzo Stagg (1st season)
Captain	Amos Alonzo Stagg

1890 Eastern college football independents records

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

The 1890 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 1890 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Amos Alonzo Staggh, the team compiled a record of 5–3.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 8	Williston Seminary	Springfield, MA	L 10–15
October 15	at Williston Seminary	seminary campus Easthampton, MA	W 14–9
October 18	at Massachusetts	Amherst, MA	W 14–10
November 1	Massachusetts	Springfield, MA	L 12–18
	Connecticut Literary Institute		W 24–6
November 19	Yale freshmen	Springfield, MA	W 38–0
November 22	Amherst	Hampden Park Springfield, PA	W 20–0	3,000
December 12	vs. Yale B team	Madison Square Garden New York, NY	L 10–16