1878 Amherst football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–2–1
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumBlake Field
1878 college football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton    6 0 0
Yale    4 1 1
Columbia    0 0 1
CCNY    1 1 0
Stevens    1 1 2
Harvard    1 2 0
Penn    1 2 1
Rutgers    1 2 1
Amherst    1 3 0
Brown    0 1 0
Swarthmore    0 1 0

The 1878 Amherst football team was an American football team that represented Amherst College during the 1878 college football season. The team compiled a record of 1–2–1.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 2at YaleL 0–2[2]
November 9at HarvardL 0–3[3]
November 13Brown
W 1–0[4][5]
November 16Yale
  • Blake Field
  • Amherst, MA
T 0–0[6]

References

  1. "1878 Amherst Lord Jeffs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  2. "Football—College Championship Game Between Yale And Trinity". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 10, 1878. p. 7. Retrieved March 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. "Foot-ball—Harvard And Amherst At The Boston Grounds—Harvard Wins". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 10, 1878. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "Foot-Ball at Amherst". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 14, 1878. p. 4. Retrieved March 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. Amherst College Olio 1880. 1880. p. 83. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  6. "Amherst And Yale—The Second Match Between These Players A Draw". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 17, 1878. p. 7. Retrieved March 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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