1890 Amherst football team
American college football season
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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 7â6â1 with a mark of 3â1 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.
Record7â6â1 (3â1 EIFA)
Headcoach
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HomestadiumBlake Field
| 1890 Amherst football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association |
| Record | 7â6â1 (3â1 EIFA) |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | Blake Field |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 4 | Williston* |
| W 48â6 | [3] | ||||
| October 9 | Massachusetts* |
| W 52â2 | [4] | ||||
| October 11 | at Harvard* | L 6â74 | [5] | |||||
| October 18 | Trinity (CT)* |
| W 12â11 | [6] | ||||
| October 22 | at Wesleyan* | Middletown, CT | L 6â8 | [7] | ||||
| October 25 | Yale* | Amherst, MA | L 0â12 | [8] | ||||
| October 29 | at Trinity (CT)* |
| T 0â0 | [9] | ||||
| November 1 | at MIT | W 38â4 | [10] | |||||
| November 3 | Cornell* | Amherst, MA | W 18â0 | [11] | ||||
| November 8 | Bowdoin | Amherst, MA | W (forfeit) | [12] | ||||
| November 12 | vs. Harvard* | L 0â64 | 500 | [13][14] | ||||
| November 15 | at Williams | Williamstown, MA | L 0â6 | [15] | ||||
| November 19 | 3:15 p.m. | Dartmouth |
| W 4â0 | 800 | [16] | ||
| November 22 | at Springfield YMCA* |
| L 0â20 | 3,000 | [17][18] | |||
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