1895 Amherst football team

1895 Amherst football
ConferenceTriangular Football League
Record6–5 (1–1 TFL)
Head coach
  • George A. Gray (1st season)
CaptainJohn T. Pratt
Home stadiumPratt Field
1895 Triangular Football League standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Dartmouth $2–0–07–5–1
Amherst1–1–06–5–0
Williams0–2–04–5–0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1895 Amherst football team represented the Amherst College as a member of the Triangular Football League (TFL) during the 1895 college football season. Led by first-year head coach George A. Gray, Amherst compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 1–1 in conference play, placing second in the TFL. John T. Pratt served as team captain.[1] The team played home games at Pratt Field in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Gray had played football at Harvard University the previous three season as a halfback.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Massachusetts*Amherst, MAW 42–0[3]
October 2Northampton YMCA*
W 68–0[4]
October 53:30 p.m.at Harvard*
L 0–245,000[5][6]
October 9at Yale*
L 0–38[7]
October 12at Boston Athletic Association*
L 0–20300[8][9]
October 16Wesleyan*
  • Pratt Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 12–10[10]
October 194:00 p.m.at Crescent Athletic Club*
L 0–201,000[11][12][13]
October 23at Wesleyan*Middletown, CTW 16–14[14]
October 26Boston Tech*
  • Pratt Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 20–4400[15][16]
November 2Williams
W 16–41,000[17]
November 9at Dartmouth
L 0–201,000–1,500[18][19][20]
  • *Non-conference game

[21][22]

References

  1. ↑ "New Men Enthusiastic.—Amherst Began Season Discourage But Prospect Grow Bright". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 29, 1895. p. 24. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ↑ "Gray Coaches at Amherst". The Harvard Crimson. Cambridge, Massachusetts. October 3, 1895. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Amherst Beat Aggies". Boston Post. Boston, Massachusetts. September 26, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ↑ "College Football Gossip". The Fall River Daily Herald. Fall River, Massachusetts. October 3, 1895. p. 7. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ↑ "Getting In Shape.—Harvard's Eleven Working Hard on the Gridiron". Boston Post. Boston, Massachusetts. October 5, 1895. p. 3. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ↑ "Harvard Cinch.—Amherst Was Not in it for a Minute". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 6, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ↑ "Yale Was Strong: Defeated Amherst 38 to 0 in Best Game Played This Season". Boston Post. October 10, 1895. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Amherst Failed To Score.—Capt Waters' B. A. A. Eleven Scores 20 Points Against Their Opponents". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 13, 1895. p. 4. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ↑ "B. A. A., 20; Amherst, 0". Boston Post. Boston, Massachusetts. October 13, 1895. p. 3. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ↑ "Amherst, 12; Wesleyan, 10.—A Close Game Won by the Team of the Home College". The New-York Times. New York, New York. October 17, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ↑ "What Is Going On Today". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. October 19, 1895. p. 12. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ↑ "Crescent Defeat Amherst. The Collegians Were Too Light And Failed Even In Defensive Tactics". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. October 20, 1895. p. 5. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ↑ "Crescent's Easy Victory: Brooklyn's Crack Team Shuts Out Amherst College". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 20, 1895. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Amherst 16, Wesleyan 14—Close Foot-Ball Game at Middletown". Hartford Courant. Boston, Massachusetts. October 24, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ↑ "Tech Beaten By Amherst.—Boston Boys Gave the Home Team a Hard Battle to Win". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 27, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ↑ "Amherst, 20; M. I. T., 4". Boston Post. Boston, Massachusetts. October 27, 1895. p. 3. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ↑ "Amherst Defeated Williams.—One of the Hardest Fought Tricollegiate Championship Contests Won by a Score of 16 to 4". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 3, 1895. p. 7. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ↑ "Dartmouth 20, Amherst 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 10, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  19. ↑ "Dartmouth, 20; Amherst, 0". The New-York Times. New York, New York. November 10, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  20. ↑ "Dartmouth Downs Amherst. The Game Practically Settles The Triangular League Championship". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. November 10, 1895. p. 3. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  21. ↑ "1895 Amherst Lord Jeffs Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
  22. ↑ Titsworth, Henry H., ed. (1895). "The Amherst College Olio 1897". The Amherst College Olio. Amherst, Massachusetts: The Junior Class of Amherst College: 125. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
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