1890 Amherst football team

The 1890 Amherst football team was an American football team that represented the Amherst College during the 1890 college football season. The team compiled a 6–5–1 record and was outscored by a total of 185 to 184.[1] 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.

1890 Amherst football
Conference	Independent
1890 record	6–5–1
Head coach	None
Home stadium	Blake Field

1890 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					11	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					11	–	1	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					8	–	2	–	0
Navy			–					5	–	1	–	1
Penn			–					11	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					8	–	4	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					2	–	1	–	0
Syracuse			–					7	–	4	–	0
Lehigh			–					6	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					3	–	2	–	0
Amherst			–					6	–	5	–	1
Rutgers			–					5	–	5	–	1
Dartmouth			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					2	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					1	–	1	–	0
Wesleyan			–					5	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	4	–	1
Western Univ. Penn			–					1	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					2	–	5	–	1
Fordham			–					1	–	3	–	1
Massachusetts			–					1	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	1
Army			–					0	–	1	–	0
Geneva			–					0	–	1	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Williston	Blake Field Amherst, MA	W 48–6		[2]
October 9	Massachusetts	Blake Field Amherst, MA	W 52–2		[3]
October 11	at Harvard	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	L 6–74		[4]
October 18	Trinity (CT)	Blake Field Amherst, MA	W 12–11		[5]
October 22	at Wesleyan	Middletown, CT	L 6–8		[6]
October 25	Yale	Amherst, MA	L 0–12		[7]
October 29	at Trinity (CT)	Trinity grounds Hartford, CT	T 0–0		[8]
November 3	Cornell	South End grounds Amherst, MA	W 18–0		[9]
November 1	at MIT	Cambridge, MA	W 38–4		[10]
November 12	vs. Harvard	Springfield, MA	L 0–64		[11]
November 15	at Williams	Williamstown, MA	L 0–6		[12]
November 19	Dartmouth	Blake Field Amherst, MA	W 4–0		[13]

References

1. "1890 Amherst Lord Jeffs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
2. "Williston Scored". The Boston Globe. October 5, 1890. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Amherst Defeats the Aggies". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1890. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Amherst Scored: Fumbling Game on Jarvis Field". The Boston Globe. October 12, 1890. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "By a Close Margin: Only One Point Separates Amherst and Trinity". The Boston Globe. October 19, 1890. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Full of Foot Ball: Game Between Wesleyan and Amherst Stopped by Darkness". The Boston Globe. October 23, 1890. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Yale's Slender Victory Over Amherst". New York Tribune. October 26, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Tie Between Amherst and Trinity". The Boston Globe. October 30, 1890. p. 5.
9. "Very Little Punting". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Bedraggled Red and Gray". The Boston Globe. November 2, 1890. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Rush, Run and Punt: Harvard Science Against Amherst Beef". The Boston Globe. November 13, 1890. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Williams Wins Close Game". The Boston Globe. November 16, 1890. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Amherst Did Them Up". The Boston Globe. November 20, 1890. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.