1888 Amherst football team

American college football season

1888 Amherst football

Conference| Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association
Record| 2–8–1 (0–3 EIFA)
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1888 Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Williams | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Dartmouth | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
MIT | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
Stevens | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 1
Amherst | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 1

The 1888 Amherst football team represented the Amherst University as a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association (EIFA) during the 1888 college football season. Amherst compiled an overall record of 2–8–1 with a mark of 0–3 in EIFA play.

## Schedule

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October 6| | at Wesleyan*| Middletown, CT| L 0–54 or 0–62| [1][2]
October 18| | Massachusetts*| Amherst, MA| W 58–0| [3]
October 19| 3:20 p.m.| Yale*| Amherst, MA| L 0–39| [4]
October 27| | at MIT|

* Union Grounds
* Boston, MA

| L 0–48| [5]
October 30| | at Massachusetts*|

* Alumni Field
* Amherst, MA

| W 45–4|
October 31| | vs. Trinity (CT)| Springfield, MA| T 0–0| [6][7]
November 3| | at Harvard*|

* Jarvis Field
* Cambridge, MA

| L 0–102| [8]
November 7| | Williams| Amherst, MA (rivalry)| L 0–53| [9]
November 10| | at Yale*|

* Yale Field
* New Haven, CT

| L 0–70| [10]
November 14| | at Trinity (CT)*| Hartford, CT| L 0–16| [11]
November 21| | at Dartmouth| Amherst, MA| L 0–40| [12]

* *Non-conference game

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## References

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1. ^ "Middletown". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 8, 1888. p. 6. Retrieved March 21, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
2. ^ "Sporting Matters". The Meriden Daily Republican. Meriden, Connecticut. October 8, 1888. p. 4. Retrieved March 21, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
3. ^ "Amherst, 58; "Aggies, 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 19, 1888. p. 3. Retrieved March 21, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
4. ^ "Rah! Rah! Rah! Yale". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 20, 1888. p. 5. Retrieved March 21, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
5. ^ "Yale[sic] Outdone By Tech". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 28, 1888. p. 6. Retrieved March 21, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
6. ^ "Trinity And Amherst Play an Exciting Game; Neither Side Scoring". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 1, 1888. p. 8. Retrieved March 21, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
7. ^ "Amherst And Trinity Kick A Draw". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 1, 1888. p. 5. Retrieved March 21, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
8. ^ "Big Score By Harvard". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1888. p. 2. Retrieved March 21, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
9. ^ "Disqualified For Slugging". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 8, 1888. p. 8. Retrieved March 21, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
10. ^ "Yale, 70; Amherst, 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 11, 1888. p. 4. Retrieved March 21, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
11. ^ "Trinity, 16; Amherst, 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1888. p. 4. Retrieved March 21, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
12. ^ "Dartmouth Wins". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 22, 1888. p. 5. Retrieved March 21, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
13. ^ "1888 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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