1894 Amherst football team

1894 Amherst football
Conference	Triangular Football League
Record	7–5–1 (0–2 TFL)
Head coach	Parke H. Davis (1st season)
Home stadium	Pratt Field

1894 Triangular Football League standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Dartmouth $	2	–	0	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Williams	1	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
Amherst	0	–	2	–	0			7	–	5	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1894 Amherst football team represented Amherst College as a member of the Triangular Football League during the 1894 college football season. Amherst compiled an overall record of 7–5–1 with a mark of 0–2 in TFL play, finished last out of the three teams in the league.^[1] One of the sport's best known historians, Parke H. Davis, was coach of the team.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27		Massachusetts*	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	W 6–0		[2]
September 29		Worcester Tech*	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	W 28–0		[3]
October 6	3:15 p.m.	at Army*	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–18	600	[4][5]
October 9		at Wesleyan*	Middletown, CT	W 28–0		[6][7]
October 11		MIT*	Amherst, MA	W 6–4		[8]
October 13		RPI*	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	W 16–0		[9]
October 17		at Harvard*	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	L 0–30	1,500	[10][11]
October 20		vs. Union (NY)*	Ridgefield Albany, NY	L 0–6	1,600	[12]
October 24		Wesleyan*	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	W 10–4		[13][14]
October 27		at Boston Athletic Association*	Boston, MA	T 0–0	700	[15]
November 3	3:30 p.m.	at Crescent Athletic Club*	Eastern Park Brooklyn, NY	W 6–0		[16]
November 10		Dartmouth	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	L 0–30	1,200	[17][18]
November 17		at Williams	Williamstown, MA (rivalry)	L 10–34	1,200	[19][20]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "1894 Amherst Lord Jeffs Schedule and Results".
2. "Amherst 6, M. A. C. 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 28, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "Amherst, 28; Worcester Tech, 0". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. September 30, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "West Point 18, Amherst 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 7, 1894. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Amherst Defeated At West Point". New-York Daily Tribune. New York, New York. October 7, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Amherst And Wesleyan". Journal Courier. Connecticut. October 10, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
7. "Middletown". Hartford Courant. Connecticut. October 10, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
8. "Amherst 6, Technology 4". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
9. "Amherst 16; Troy "Tech" 0". New-York Daily Tribune. New York, New York. October 14, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
10. "Round The End". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 18, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
11. "Round The End (continued)". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 18, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
12. "Union, 6; Amherst, 0". New-York Daily Tribune. New York, New York. October 21, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
13. "Amherst 10, Wesleyan 4". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
14. "Amherst 10, Wesleyan 4". Hartford Courant. Connecticut. October 25, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
15. "B. A. A. 0, Amherst 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 28, 1894. p. 9. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
16. "Crescents Outbucked: Amherst's 'Varsity Kickers Bang the Brooklyn Boys About". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 4, 1894. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
17. "On Pratt Field". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
18. "Dartmouth 30, Amherst 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 11, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
19. "Williams Won". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 18, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
20. "Williams Won (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 18, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .