1890 Amherst football team

American college football season

1890 Amherst football

Conference| Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association
Record| 7–6–1 (3–1 EIFA)
Head coach|

* None

Home stadium| Blake Field

Seasons

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1891 ->

1890 Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Williams $  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Amherst | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 6  | - | 1
Dartmouth | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
MIT | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 2
Bowdoin | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

The 1890 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 1890 college football season.[1] The team compiled an overall record of 7–6–1 with a mark of 3–1 in EIFA play. Amherst was outscored by a total of 185 to 184 on the season.[2] 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

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October 4| | Williston*|

* Blake Field
* Amherst, MA

| W 48–6| | [3]
October 9| | Massachusetts*|

* Blake Field
* Amherst, MA

| W 52–2| | [4]
October 11| | at Harvard*|

* Jarvis Field
* Cambridge, MA

| L 6–74| | [5]
October 18| | Trinity (CT)*|

* Blake Field
* Amherst, MA

| W 12–11| | [6]
October 22| | at Wesleyan*| Middletown, CT| L 6–8| | [7]
October 25| | Yale*| Amherst, MA| L 0–12| | [8]
October 29| | at Trinity (CT)*|

* Trinity grounds
* Hartford, CT

| T 0–0| | [9]
November 1| | at MIT|

* South End Grounds
* Boston, MA

| W 38–4| | [10]
November 3| | Cornell*| Amherst, MA| W 18–0| | [11]
November 8| | Bowdoin| Amherst, MA| W (forfeit)| | [12]
November 12| | vs. Harvard*|

* Hampden Park
* Springfield, MA

| L 0–64| 500| [13][14]
November 15| | at Williams| Williamstown, MA| L 0–6| | [15]
November 19| 3:15 p.m.| Dartmouth|

* Blake Field
* Amherst, MA

| W 4–0| 800| [16]
November 22| | at Springfield YMCA*|

* Hampden Park
* Springfield, MA

| L 0–20| 3,000| [17][18]

* *Non-conference game

## References

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1. ^ "Bowdoin Admitted". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 4, 1890. p. 7. Retrieved March 21, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
2. ^ "1890 Amherst Lord Jeffs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
3. ^ "Williston Scored". The Boston Globe. October 5, 1890. p. 6 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Amherst Defeats the Aggies". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1890. p. 7 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Amherst Scored: Fumbling Game on Jarvis Field". The Boston Globe. October 12, 1890. p. 5 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "By a Close Margin: Only One Point Separates Amherst and Trinity". The Boston Globe. October 19, 1890. p. 4 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Full of Foot Ball: Game Between Wesleyan and Amherst Stopped by Darkness". The Boston Globe. October 23, 1890. p. 10 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Yale's Slender Victory Over Amherst". New York Tribune. October 26, 1890. p. 3 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "Tie Between Amherst and Trinity". The Boston Globe. October 30, 1890. p. 5.
10. ^ "Bedraggled Red and Gray". The Boston Globe. November 2, 1890. p. 6 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ "Very Little Punting". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1890. p. 3 - via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ "Couldn't Play On Crutches". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 9, 1890. p. 6. Retrieved March 21, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
13. ^ "Rush, Run and Punt: Harvard Science Against Amherst Beef". The Boston Globe. November 13, 1890. p. 2 - via Newspapers.com.
14. ^ "Harvard And Yale—The Crimson Eleven Shown Yesterday at Springfield in the Amherst Game". The Meriden Daily Journal. Meriden, Connecticut. November 13, 1890. p. 2. Retrieved March 26, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
15. ^ "Williams Wins Close Game". The Boston Globe. November 16, 1890. p. 7 - via Newspapers.com.
16. ^ "Amherst Did Them Up". The Boston Globe. November 20, 1890. p. 5 - via Newspapers.com.
17. ^ "Stagg's Eleven Won". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 22, 1890. p. 6. Retrieved March 26, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
18. ^ "Yale Whipped By Harvard". The Sun. New York, New York. November 23, 1890. p. 8. Retrieved March 26, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .

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