1890 Amherst football team

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1890 Amherst football
ConferenceIndependent
1890 record6–5–1
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumBlake Field
Seasons
← 1889
1891 →
1890 Eastern college football independents records
  • v
  • t
 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
Cornell   –   8 – 4 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   2 – 1 – 0
Syracuse   –   7 – 4 – 0
Lehigh   –   6 – 4 – 0
Delaware   –   3 – 2 – 0
Amherst   –   6 – 5 – 1
Rutgers   –   5 – 5 – 1
Dartmouth   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   2 – 2 – 0
Colgate   –   1 – 1 – 0
Wesleyan   –   5 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   2 – 4 – 1
Western Univ. Penn   –   1 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   2 – 5 – 1
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 Amherst football team was an American football team that represented the Amherst College during the 1890 college football season. The team compiled a 6–5–1 record and was outscored by a total of 185 to 184.[1] Two of Amherst's losses were to undefeated national champion Harvard. Excluding the two one-sided losses to Harvard, Amherst outscored its opponents, 178 to 47. The team played its home games at Blake Field in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4Williston
  • Blake Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 48–6[2]
October 9Massachusetts
  • Blake Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 52–2[3]
October 11at Harvard
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
L 6–74[4]
October 18Trinity (CT)
  • Blake Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 12–11[5]
October 22at WesleyanMiddletown, CTL 6–8[6]
October 25YaleAmherst, MAL 0–12[7]
October 29at Trinity (CT)
  • Trinity grounds
  • Hartford, CT
T 0–0[8]
November 3Cornell
  • South End grounds
  • Amherst, MA
W 18–0[9]
November 1at MITCambridge, MAW 38–4[10]
November 12vs. HarvardSpringfield, MAL 0–64[11]
November 15at WilliamsWilliamstown, MAL 0–6[12]
November 19Dartmouth
  • Blake Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 4–0[13]

References[]

  1. ^ "1890 Amherst Lord Jeffs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Williston Scored". The Boston Globe. October 5, 1890. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Amherst Defeats the Aggies". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1890. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Amherst Scored: Fumbling Game on Jarvis Field". The Boston Globe. October 12, 1890. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "By a Close Margin: Only One Point Separates Amherst and Trinity". The Boston Globe. October 19, 1890. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Full of Foot Ball: Game Between Wesleyan and Amherst Stopped by Darkness". The Boston Globe. October 23, 1890. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Yale's Slender Victory Over Amherst". New York Tribune. October 26, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Tie Between Amherst and Trinity". The Boston Globe. October 30, 1890. p. 5.
  9. ^ "Very Little Punting". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Bedraggled Red and Gray". The Boston Globe. November 2, 1890. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Rush, Run and Punt: Harvard Science Against Amherst Beef". The Boston Globe. November 13, 1890. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Williams Wins Close Game". The Boston Globe. November 16, 1890. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Amherst Did Them Up". The Boston Globe. November 20, 1890. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
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