Amherst Mammoths football

Football team of Amherst College

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[1]

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

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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

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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 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
4. ^ a b "Amherst College and Amherst Athletics Quickfacts[permanent dead link]", www.amherst.edu . Retrieved October 31, 2007.
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".

## External links

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* Official website

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Amherst Mammoths football

Venues|

* Blake Field (–1890)
* Pratt Field (1891–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* The Biggest Little Game in America

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees

Seasons|

* 1877
* 1878
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* 1880
* 1881
* 1882
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* 1943–1944
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Amherst College

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)

Student Life|

* Amherst College Glee Club
* PVTA and Five College buses
* Five College Consortium
* Sigma Delta Rho

People|

* Amherst College people

Media|

* The Common
* The Massachusetts Review
* WAMH

Miscellaneous|

* Five College Museums/Historic Deerfield
* Folger Shakespeare Library
* Five Colleges Book Depository
* Statue of Sabrina
* Little Three

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