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

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

References

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