1889 Boston Tech football team

1889 Boston Tech football
Conference	Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association
Record	2–6 (1–3 EIFA)
Head coach	None
Home stadium	South End Grounds

1889 Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Dartmouth $	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Amherst	2	–	1	–	1			4	–	4	–	2
Williams	1	–	2	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Boston Tech	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Stevens	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Boston Tech defeated Amherst on October 26, 10–9, but Amherst protested the final touchdown of the game. At the conference's meeting on December 18, Amherst was awarded victory by a score of 9–6. Williams forfeited a game to Stevens that was scheduled to be played on November 25.

The 1889 Boston Tech football team represented Boston Tech—now known as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)—as a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association (EIFA) during the 1889 college football season. Boston Tech compiled an overall record of 2–6 with a mark of 1–3 in conference play, tying for fourth place at the bottom of the EIFA standings. The team played home games at South End Grounds in Boston.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 9		at Phillips Academy*	Andover, MA	L 0–4
October 12		at Phillips Exeter Academy*	Exeter, NH	L 0–14
October 16	4:00 p.m.	at Harvard*	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	L 0–62
October 19		Brown*	South End Grounds Boston, MA	W 48–0	500
October 26	2:45 p.m.	at Amherst	Blake Field Amherst, MA	L 6–9
November 2		Dartmouth	South End Grounds Boston, MA	L 6–36
November 9	3:00 p.m.	Stevens	South End Grounds Boston, MA	W 16–10
November 16		at Williams	Weston Field Williamstown, MA	L 6–18
*Non-conference game