1878 Amherst football team

1878 Amherst football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–2–1
Head coach	None
Home stadium	Blake Field

1878 college football records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
November 2	at Yale	Hamilton Park New Haven, CT	L 0–2	[2]
November 9	at Harvard	Boston Baseball Grounds Boston, MA	L 0–3	[3]
November 13	Brown	Blake Field Amherst, MA	W 1–0	[4][5]
November 16	Yale	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 .
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 .
4. "Foot-Ball at Amherst". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 14, 1878. p. 4. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
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 .