1888 Amherst football team
The 1888 Amherst football team represented the Amherst University as a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association (EIFA) during the 1888 college football season. Amherst compiled an overall record of 2–8–1 with a mark of 0–3 in EIFA play.
| 1888 Amherst football | |
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| Conference | Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association |
| 1888 record | 2–8–1 (0–3 EIFA) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Williams | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MIT | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stevens | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amherst | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| October 6 | at Wesleyan* | Middletown, CT | L 0–54 or 0–62 | [1][2] | |
| October 18 | Massachusetts* | Amherst, MA | W 58–0 | [3] | |
| October 19 | 3:20 p.m. | Yale* | Amherst, MA | L 0–39 | [4] |
| October 27 | at MIT | L 0–48 | [5] | ||
| October 30 | at Massachusetts* |
| W 45–4 | ||
| October 31 | vs. Trinity (CT) | Springfield, MA | T 0–0 | [6][7] | |
| November 3 | at Harvard* | L 0–102 | [8] | ||
| November 7 | Williams | Amherst, MA (rivalry) | L 0–53 | [9] | |
| November 10 | at Yale* | L 0–70 | [10] | ||
| November 14 | at Trinity (CT)* | Hartford, CT | L 0–16 | [11] | |
| November 21 | at Dartmouth | Amherst, MA | L 0–40 | [12] | |
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References
- "Middletown". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 8, 1888. p. 6. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
. - "Sporting Matters". The Meriden Daily Republican. Meriden, Connecticut. October 8, 1888. p. 4. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- "Amherst, 58; "Aggies, 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 19, 1888. p. 3. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- "Rah! Rah! Rah! Yale". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 20, 1888. p. 5. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- "Yale[sic] Outdone By Tech". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 28, 1888. p. 6. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- "Trinity And Amherst Play an Exciting Game; Neither Side Scoring". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 1, 1888. p. 8. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- "Amherst And Trinity Kick A Draw". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 1, 1888. p. 5. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- "Big Score By Harvard". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1888. p. 2. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- "Disqualified For Slugging". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 8, 1888. p. 8. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- "Yale, 70; Amherst, 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 11, 1888. p. 4. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- "Trinity, 16; Amherst, 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1888. p. 4. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- "Dartmouth Wins". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 22, 1888. p. 5. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- "1888 Amherst Lord Jeffs Football Schedule and Results". College-Football at Sports-Reference.com. College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
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