Log Book
Starting with the Fall of 2024, the MIT Marching Band initiated a new tradition of keeping records of all the athletic + miscellaneous events it attended throughout the semester. Below, please find the records for each semester! Regardless of the results reported below, the MIT Marching Band ALWAYS wins!
Fall 2024
Summary: 3 football games, 2 basketball games, and 1 waterpolo games. 3 Ws, 3 Ls, so not bad at all!
Event: Football.
Date: October 5, 2024.
Opponent: Coast Guard.
Score: L, 19-21.
Note: Yes, that is no other than MIT president Sally Kornbluth coming to watch us play!
Event: Football.
Date: October 12, 2024.
Opponent: United States Merchant Marine Academy.
Score: L, 0-21.
Note: No picture was taken in this game, but here is one from our rehearsal on October 2, 2024 with Aaron Aaker, our biggest advocate in the Athletics department! He has been instrumental in helping get the band play again at MIT sporting events!
Event: Football.
Date: October 26, 2024.
Opponent: Maritime College.
Score: L, 14-20.
Note: Here is our classic “how many bandos can you fit in an elevator” picture!
Event: Waterpolo.
Date: November 9, 2024.
Opponent: LIU.
Score: W, 18-10.
Note: To our knowledge, we may be among the few bands (if any) in the country to have ever played at a waterpolo game! We had time to kill before the game, so here you can see us running at the Z’s track field!
Event: Basketball.
Date: November 13, 2024.
Opponent: Endicott College.
Score: W, 85-77.
Note: Back at the basketball courts!
Event: Basketball.
Date: December 7, 2024.
Opponent: Wheaton College.
Score: W, 72-63.
Note: Last MIT Marching Band event of the season!
