1899 Amherst football team

American college football season

1899 Amherst football
Conference	Triangular Football League
Record	4–7–1 (0–2 TFL)
Head coach	Harry A. Smith (1st season)
Captain	W. D. Ballantine
Home stadium	Pratt Field
Seasons ← 1898 1900 →

1899 Triangular Football League standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Wesleyan $	2	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Williams	1	–	1	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
Amherst	0	–	2	–	0	4	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion

The 1889 Amherst football team was an American football team that represented the Amherst College during the 1889 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Harry A. Smith, the team compiled an overall record of 4–7–1, placing third in the Triangular Football League (TFL) with a mark of 0–2.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	at Yale*	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–23		^[2]
October 4	Williston*	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	W 20–0		^[3]
October 7	Worcester Tech*	Amherst, MA	W 24–5
October 11	at Harvard*	Soldier's Field Boston, MA	L 0–41		^[4]
October 14	at Trinity (CT)*	Hartford, CT	T 0–0		^[5]
October 21	at Columbia*	Manhattan Field New York, NY	L 0–18	500	^[6]
October 25	Bowdoin*	Amherst, MA	W 11–6		^[7]
October 28	Boston College*	Amherst, MA	L 0–18		^[8]
November 1	Massachusetts*	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	L 0–6		^[9]
November 4	MIT*	Amherst, MA	W 12–5		^[10]
November 11	at Williams	Weston Field Williamstown, MA (rivalry)	L 0–38		^[11]
November 18	Wesleyan	Amherst, MA	L 0–40		^[12]
*Non-conference game

References

^ "Football". Olio. Junior Class, Amherst College: 162–164. 1901. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
^ "Yale and Harvard Open Foot Ball Season". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 1, 1899. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Amherst Beats Williston". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 5, 1899. p. 8. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Scores At Will". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1899. p. 7. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Trinity's Great Game". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 16, 1899. p. 12. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Columbia, 18; Amherst, 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. October 22, 1899. p. 8. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Amherst 11, Bowdoin 6". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 26, 1899. p. 5. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Amherst Team Outplayed". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. October 29, 1899. p. 7. Retrieved April 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Stevens Beaten Badly". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 2, 1899. p. 14. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Amherst, By 12 to 5,". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 5, 1899. p. 7. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Williams' Impressive Victory". The Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. November 12, 1899. p. 10. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Amherst Snowed Under". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 19, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

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