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American college football season

1889 Amherst football
Conference	Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association
Record	3–5–2 (1–2–1 EIFA)
Head coach	None
Home stadium	Blake Field
Seasons← 1888 1890 →

The 1889 Amherst football team was an American football team that represented the Amherst College as a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association (EIFA) during the 1889 college football season. The team compiled an overall record of 3–5–2 and was outscored by a total of 198 to 173.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 16	at Wesleyan*	Middletown, CT	L 0–39
October 19	at Yale*	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–42
October 23	at Williston*	Easthampton, MA	W 64–0
October 26	MIT	Blake Field Amherst, MA	L 9–10
October 30	at Dartmouth	Hanover, NH	L 6–60	600
November 9	Williams	Blake Field Amherst, MA (rivalry)	T 10–10
November 12	Yale*	Amherst, MA	L 0–32
November 16	Rochester*	Amherst, MA	W 72–0
November 20	at Stevens	St. George Cricket Grounds Hoboken, NJ	W 12–5
November 21	at Columbia*	New York, NY	T 0–0
*Non-conference game

"1889 Amherst Lord Jeffs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
"Amherst 64, Williston 0". The Boston Globe. October 24, 1889. p. 3.
"Techs Defeat Amherst". The Boston Globe. October 27, 1889. p. 2.
"Dartmouth Defeats Amherst". The Morning Journal-Courier. October 31, 1889. p. 3.
"Amherst and Williams Tie". Buffalo Evening News. November 11, 1889. p. 2.
"Yale Plays The Return Game With Amherst And Wins". The New York Times. November 13, 1889. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
"Amherst Extinguishes Rochester". The Times. November 17, 1889. p. 3.
"Amherst Kicked Well". The Boston Globe. November 21, 1889. p. 1.
"A Game of Football". The Scranton Republican. Scranton, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved May 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
"1889 Amherst Lord Jeffs Football Schedule and Results". College-Football at Sports-Reference.com. College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 14, 2019.

v t e Amherst Mammoths football
Venues	Blake Field (–1890) Pratt Field (1891–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Williams: The Biggest Little Game in America
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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