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1894 Amherst football team

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1894 Amherst football
ConferenceTriangular Football League
Record7–5–1 (0–2 TFL)
Head coach
Home stadiumPratt Field
Seasons
← 1893
1895 →
1894 Triangular Football League standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth $ 2 0 0 5 4 0
Williams 1 1 0 6 3 1
Amherst 0 2 0 7 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1894 Amherst football team represented Amherst College as a member of the Triangular Football League during the 1894 college football season. Amherst compiled an overall record of 7–5–1 with a mark of 0–2 in TFL play, finished last out of the three teams in the league.[1] One of the sport's best known historians, Parke H. Davis, was coach of the team.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Massachusetts*W 6–0[2]
September 29Worcester Tech*
  • Pratt Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 28–0[3]
October 63:15 p.m.at Army*L 0–18600[4][5]
October 9at Wesleyan*Middletown, CTW 28–0[6][7]
October 11MIT*Amherst, MAW 6–4[8]
October 13RPI*
  • Pratt Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 16–0[9]
October 17at Harvard*L 0–301,500[10][11]
October 20vs. Union (NY)*
L 0–61,600[12]
October 24Wesleyan*
  • Pratt Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 10–4[13][14]
October 27at Boston Athletic Association*Boston, MAT 0–0700[15]
November 33:30 p.m.at Crescent Athletic Club*W 6–0[16]
November 10Dartmouth
  • Pratt Field
  • Amherst, MA
L 0–301,200[17][18]
November 17at WilliamsWilliamstown, MA (rivalry)L 10–341,200[19][20]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "1894 Amherst Lord Jeffs Schedule and Results".
  2. ^ "Amherst 6, M. A. C. 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 28, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Amherst, 28; Worcester Tech, 0". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. September 30, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "West Point 18, Amherst 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 7, 1894. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Amherst Defeated At West Point". New-York Daily Tribune. New York, New York. October 7, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Amherst And Wesleyan". Journal Courier. Connecticut. October 10, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Middletown". Hartford Courant. Connecticut. October 10, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Amherst 6, Technology 4". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Amherst 16; Troy "Tech" 0". New-York Daily Tribune. New York, New York. October 14, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Round The End". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 18, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Round The End (continued)". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 18, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Union, 6; Amherst, 0". New-York Daily Tribune. New York, New York. October 21, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Amherst 10, Wesleyan 4". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "Amherst 10, Wesleyan 4". Hartford Courant. Connecticut. October 25, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "B. A. A. 0, Amherst 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 28, 1894. p. 9. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ "Crescents Outbucked: Amherst's 'Varsity Kickers Bang the Brooklyn Boys About". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 4, 1894. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "On Pratt Field". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ^ "Dartmouth 30, Amherst 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 11, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  19. ^ "Williams Won". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 18, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  20. ^ "Williams Won (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 18, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.