1894 Amherst football team
American college football season
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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.
ConferenceTriangular Football League
Record7–5–1 (0–2 TFL)
Headcoach
- Parke H. Davis (1st season)
HomestadiumPratt Field
| 1894 Amherst football | |
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| Conference | Triangular Football League |
| Record | 7–5–1 (0–2 TFL) |
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| Home stadium | Pratt Field |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | Massachusetts* | W 6–0 | [2] | |||
| September 29 | Worcester Tech* |
| W 28–0 | [3] | ||
| October 6 | 3:15 p.m. | at Army* | 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* |
| W 16–0 | [9] | ||
| October 17 | at Harvard* | L 0–30 | 1,500 | [10][11] | ||
| October 20 | vs. Union (NY)* |
| L 0–6 | 1,600 | [12] | |
| October 24 | Wesleyan* |
| 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* | W 6–0 | [16] | ||
| November 10 | Dartmouth |
| L 0–30 | 1,200 | [17][18] | |
| November 17 | at Williams | Williamstown, MA (rivalry) | L 10–34 | 1,200 | [19][20] | |
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