1889 Amherst football team

1889 Amherst football
ConferenceEastern Intercollegiate Football Association
Record3–5–2 (1–2–1 EIFA)
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumBlake Field
Seasons
← 1888
1890 →
1889 Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
MIT 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
Williams 1 – 1 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Amherst 1 – 2 – 1 3 – 5 – 2
Stevens 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1889 Amherst football team was an American football team that represented the Amherst College as a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association (EIFA) during the 1889 college football season. The team compiled an overall record of 3–5–2 and was outscored by a total of 198 to 173.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 16at Wesleyan*Middletown, CTL 0–39
October 19at Yale*
L 0–42
October 23at Williston*Easthampton, MAW 64–0[2]
October 26MIT
  • Blake Field
  • Amherst, MA
L 9–10[3]
October 30at DartmouthHanover, NHL 6–60600[4]
November 9Williams
T 10–10[5]
November 12Yale*Amherst, MAL 0–32[6]
November 16Rochester*Amherst, MAW 72–0[7]
November 20at Stevens
W 12–5[8]
November 21at Columbia*New York, NYT 0–0[9]
  • *Non-conference game

[10]

References

  1. ^ "1889 Amherst Lord Jeffs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Amherst 64, Williston 0". The Boston Globe. October 24, 1889. p. 3.
  3. ^ "Techs Defeat Amherst". The Boston Globe. October 27, 1889. p. 2.
  4. ^ "Dartmouth Defeats Amherst". The Morning Journal-Courier. October 31, 1889. p. 3.
  5. ^ "Amherst and Williams Tie". Buffalo Evening News. November 11, 1889. p. 2.
  6. ^ "Yale Plays The Return Game With Amherst And Wins". The New York Times. November 13, 1889. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Amherst Extinguishes Rochester". The Times. November 17, 1889. p. 3.
  8. ^ "Amherst Kicked Well". The Boston Globe. November 21, 1889. p. 1.
  9. ^ "A Game of Football". The Scranton Republican. Scranton, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved May 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "1889 Amherst Lord Jeffs Football Schedule and Results". College-Football at Sports-Reference.com. College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 14, 2019.


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