1906 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team

The 1906 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team represented Oregon Agricultural College (now known as Oregon State University) as an independent during the 1906 college football season. In their first season under head coach Fred Norcross, the Aggies compiled a 4–1–2 record, held six of seven opponents scoreless, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 78 to 4. The Aggies played to scoreless ties against Oregon and Washington and lost to Willamette (0–4).^[1] Herb Root was the team captain.^[2]

1906 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football
Coach Fred Norcross in 1903
Conference	Independent
Record	4–1–2
Head coach	Fred Norcross (1st season)
Captain	Herb Root
Home stadium	College Field
Seasons ← 1905 1907 →

1906 Western college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington State			–					6	–	0	–	0
New Mexico A&M			–					4	–	0	–	0
Oregon			–					5	–	0	–	1
Colorado Mines			–					3	–	0	–	2
Utah			–					4	–	1	–	0
New Mexico			–					3	–	1	–	0
USC			–					2	–	0	–	2
Utah Agricultural			–					3	–	1	–	0
Oregon Agricultural			–					4	–	1	–	2
Washington			–					4	–	1	–	4
Wyoming			–					1	–	1	–	0
Montana			–					2	–	4	–	0
Tempe Normal			–					0	–	2	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 13	Albany Athletic Club	College Field Corvallis, OR	W 24–0	[3]
October 20	O.A.C. alumni	College Field Corvallis, OR	W 16–0	[4]
October 27	at Washington	Denny Field Seattle, WA	T 0–0	[5]
November 3	Pacific (OR)	College Field Corvallis, OR	W 28–0	[6]
November 10	Dalles Athletic Club	College Field Corvallis, OR	W 9–0	[7]
November 24	Oregon	College Field Corvallis, OR (rivalry)	T 0–0	[8]
November 29	at Willamette	Salem, OR	L 0–4	[9]

Roster

The 1906 OAC varsity team, with coach F.S. Norcross at the far right.

According to the 1908 edition of the OAC student yearbook, which covered the exploits of the 1906–07 athletic teams,^[10] the roster of the OAC varsity included the following:

• Harding, left end

• Shannon, left end

• Bennett, left tackle

• Barber, left guard

• Clarke, left guard

• Cherry, center

• Pendergrass, right guard

• Darby, right tackle

• Finn, right tackle

• Dobbin, right end

• Gagnon, quarterback

• Cady, left halfback

• Looney, left halfback

• Hannan, right halfback

• Wolfe, fullback

References

1. "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Oregon State University. pp. 148–149. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
2. 2016 Media Guide, p. 186.
3. "First game played". Corvallis Gazette. October 17, 1906. Retrieved October 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Additional local". Corvallis Gazette. October 23, 1906. Retrieved October 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Draws with Oregon, Washington "U" unable to score against Agriculturists". The Tacoma Daily Ledger. October 28, 1906. Retrieved October 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Oregon Agrics won, beat Pacific University at football by overwhelming score". Corvallis Gazette. November 6, 1906. Retrieved October 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Got it at Corvallis, what they had before, a licking for The Dalles football men". Corvallis Gazette. November 13, 1906. Retrieved October 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Oregon and O.A.C. play tie game". Eugene Daily Guard. November 24, 1906. Retrieved October 23, 2022 – via Google News Archive.
9. "Is defeated by one goal, Farmers lose to Willamette by score of 4 to 0". Daily Oregon Statesman. November 30, 1906. Retrieved October 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
10. The '08 Orange: Volume 1. Corvallis, OR: Oregon Agricultural College, 1907, unpaginated.