1890 Amherst football
ConferenceEastern Intercollegiate Football Association
Record7–6–1 (3–1 EIFA)
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumBlake Field
1890 Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Williams $ 4 –0 –08 –2 –0
Amherst 3 –1 –07 –6 –1
Dartmouth 1 –2 –04 –4 –0
MIT 0 –2 –03 –4 –2
Bowdoin 0 –3 –04 –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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4Williston*
W 48–6[3]
October 9Massachusetts*
  • Blake Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 52–2[4]
October 11at Harvard*
L 6–74[5]
October 18Trinity (CT)*
  • Blake Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 12–11[6]
October 22at Wesleyan*Middletown, CTL 6–8[7]
October 25Yale*Amherst, MAL 0–12[8]
October 29at Trinity (CT)*
T 0–0[9]
November 1at MIT
W 38–4[10]
November 3Cornell*Amherst, MAW 18–0[11]
November 8BowdoinAmherst, MAW (forfeit)[12]
November 12vs. Harvard*
L 0–64500[13][14]
November 15at WilliamsWilliamstown, MAL 0–6[15]
November 193:15 p.m.Dartmouth
  • Blake Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 4–0800[16]
November 22at Springfield YMCA*
  • Hampden Park
  • Springfield, MA
L 0–203,000[17][18]

References

  1. ↑ "Bowdoin Admitted". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 4, 1890. p. 7. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  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 Open access icon.
  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 Open access icon.
  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 Open access icon.
  18. ↑ "Yale Whipped By Harvard". The Sun. New York, New York. November 23, 1890. p. 8. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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