1890 Amherst football team

1890 Amherst football
Conference	Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association
Record	7–6–1 (3–1 EIFA)
Head coach	None
Home stadium	Blake Field
Seasons ← 1889 1891 →

1890 Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
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 All times are in Eastern time

References

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

v t e Amherst Mammoths football
Venues	Blake Field (–1890) Pratt Field (1891–present)
Bowls & rivalries	The Biggest Little Game in America
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
<span style="color:white">Seasons</span>	1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

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