Amherst Mammoths football

Amherst Mammoths football
Amherst Mammoths football
First season	1877
Athletic director	Don Faulstick
Head coach	E. J. Mills ; 26th season, 147–58 (.717)
Stadium	Pratt Field at Lehrman Stadium; (capacity: 2,500)
Year built	1890
Field surface	FieldTurf
Location	Amherst, Massachusetts
NCAA division	Division III
Conference	NESCAC
Rivalries	Williams (rivalry)
Colors	Purple and white;
Website	athletics.amherst.edu

The Amherst Mammoths represent Amherst College of Amherst, Massachusetts in the sport of college football.^[2] The football team is coached by E. J. Mills.^[3] Amherst is one of the "Little Three," along with Williams College and Wesleyan University.

History

Amherst claims its athletics program as the oldest in the nation,^[4] pointing to its compulsory physical fitness regimen put in place in 1860 (the mandate that all students participate in sports or pursue physical education has been discontinued).^[5] One-third of the student body participates in sports at the intercollegiate level, and eighty percent participate in intramural and club sports teams.^[4]

The game between Amherst College and Wesleyan University during the 2021 season has been coined as "The Mud-Bowl Miracle." In the 4th overtime of the game, after a fourth down conversion by junior RB Louis Eckelkamp, junior QB Brad Breckenridge completed a one-handed lob over his head to his favorite wideout junior Carson Ochsenhirt to score the winning touchdown. 5th year CB Ricky Goodson sealed the win shortly thereafter.^[6]

References

^ "Amherst Sports Information". Retrieved September 11, 2016.
^ "Amherst football schedule and results - D3football".
^ "Amherst College Athletics: Football: Head Coach E.J. Mills". Archived from the original on January 21, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Amherst College and Amherst Athletics Quickfacts^{[permanent dead link‍]}", www.amherst.edu . Retrieved October 31, 2007.
^ "[1] Archived March 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine", A History of Amherst College During the Administrations of its First Five Presidents.
^ "The Mud-Bowl Miracle".

External links

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[1] "Amherst Sports Information". Retrieved September 11, 2016.

[2] "Amherst football schedule and results - D3football".

[3] "Amherst College Athletics: Football: Head Coach E.J. Mills". Archived from the original on January 21, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2015.

[ath-4] "Amherst College and Amherst Athletics Quickfacts^{[permanent dead link‍]}", www.amherst.edu . Retrieved October 31, 2007.

[tyler-5] "[1] Archived March 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine", A History of Amherst College During the Administrations of its First Five Presidents.

[6] "The Mud-Bowl Miracle".

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Research	Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory
Campus	Amherst Center for Russian Culture Beneski Museum of Natural History Hitchcock Ichnological Cabinet Emily Dickinson Museum Mead Art Museum Pratt Field The Octagon
Athletics	Football (The Biggest Little Game in America)
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People	Amherst College people
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