1899 Amherst football team
American college football season
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The 1899 Amherst football team was an American football team that represented the Amherst College during the 1899 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Harry A. Smith, the team compiled an overall record of 4â7â1, placing third in the Triangular Football League (TFL) with a mark of 0â2.[1]
ConferenceTriangular Football League
Record4â7â1 (0â2 TFL)
Headcoach
- Harry A. Smith (1st season)
CaptainW. D. Ballantine
| 1899 Amherst football | |
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| Conference | Triangular Football League |
| Record | 4â7â1 (0â2 TFL) |
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| Captain | W. D. Ballantine |
| Home stadium | Pratt Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wesleyan $ | 2 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Williams | 1 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 9 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amherst | 0 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 7 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 30 | at Yale* | L 0â23 | [2] | ||
| October 4 | Williston* | W 20â0 | [3] | ||
| October 7 | Worcester Tech* | Amherst, MA | W 24â5 | ||
| October 11 | at Harvard* | L 0â41 | [4] | ||
| October 14 | at Trinity (CT)* | Hartford, CT | T 0â0 | [5] | |
| October 21 | at Columbia* | L 0â18 | 500 | [6] | |
| October 25 | Bowdoin* | Amherst, MA | W 11â6 | [7] | |
| October 28 | Boston College* | Amherst, MA | L 0â18 | [8] | |
| November 1 | Massachusetts* |
| L 0â6 | [9] | |
| November 4 | MIT* | Amherst, MA | W 12â5 | [10] | |
| November 11 | at Williams | L 0â38 | [11] | ||
| November 18 | Wesleyan | Amherst, MA | L 0â40 | [12] | |
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