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1888 Amherst football
ConferenceEastern Intercollegiate Football Association
Record2–8–1 (0–3 EIFA)
Head coach
  • None
Seasons← 18871889 →
1888 Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association standings
Conf Overall
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

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.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6at Wesleyan*Middletown, CTL 0–54 or 0–62
October 18Massachusetts*Amherst, MAW 58–0
October 193:20 p.m.Yale*Amherst, MAL 0–39
October 27at MITL 0–48
October 30at Massachusetts*W 45–4
October 31vs. Trinity (CT)Springfield, MAT 0–0
November 3at Harvard*L 0–102
November 7WilliamsAmherst, MA (rivalry)L 0–53
November 10at Yale*L 0–70
November 14at Trinity (CT)*Hartford, CTL 0–16
November 21at DartmouthAmherst, MAL 0–40
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "Middletown". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 8, 1888. p. 6. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  2. "Sporting Matters". The Meriden Daily Republican. Meriden, Connecticut. October 8, 1888. p. 4. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  3. "Amherst, 58; "Aggies, 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 19, 1888. p. 3. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  4. "Rah! Rah! Rah! Yale". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 20, 1888. p. 5. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  5. "Yale[sic] Outdone By Tech". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 28, 1888. p. 6. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  6. "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 [REDACTED] .
  7. "Amherst And Trinity Kick A Draw". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 1, 1888. p. 5. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  8. "Big Score By Harvard". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1888. p. 2. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  9. "Disqualified For Slugging". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 8, 1888. p. 8. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  10. "Yale, 70; Amherst, 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 11, 1888. p. 4. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  11. "Trinity, 16; Amherst, 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1888. p. 4. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  12. "Dartmouth Wins". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 22, 1888. p. 5. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  13. "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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