1899 Amherst football team
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| Conference | Triangular Football League |
| Record | 4–7–1 (0–2 TFL) |
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| Captain | W. D. Ballantine |
| Home stadium | Pratt Field |
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| Wesleyan $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Williams | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amherst | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1899 Amherst football team represented the Amherst College during the 1899 college football season. Led by Fred W. Murphy in his first and only season as head coach, Amherst compiled an overall record of 4–7–1, placing third in the Triangular Football League (TFL) with a mark of 0–2.[1] The team played home games at Pratt Field in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Murphy had captained the 1898 Brown Bears football team. In late November 1899, he returned to Brown to assist Edward N. Robinson in coaching the football team for the remainder of the season.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 30 | at Yale* | L 0–23 | [3] | ||
| October 4 | Williston* | W 20–0 | [4] | ||
| October 7 | Worcester Tech* | Amherst, MA | W 24–5 | ||
| October 11 | at Harvard* | L 0–41 | [5] | ||
| October 14 | at Trinity (CT)* | Hartford, CT | T 0–0 | [6] | |
| October 21 | at Columbia* | L 0–18 | 500 | [7] | |
| October 25 | Bowdoin* |
| W 11–6 | [8][9] | |
| October 28 | Boston College* | Amherst, MA | L 0–18 | [10] | |
| November 1 | Massachusetts* |
| L 0–6 | [11] | |
| November 4 | MIT* | Amherst, MA | W 12–5 | [12] | |
| November 11 | at Williams | L 0–38 | [13] | ||
| November 18 | Wesleyan |
| L 0–40 | [14] | |
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References
- ↑ "Football". Olio. Junior Class, Amherst College: 162–164. 1901. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
- ↑ "Brown Getting Into Form". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. November 23, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com
. - ↑ "Yale and Harvard Open Foot Ball Season". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 1, 1899. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Amherst Beats Williston". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 5, 1899. p. 8. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Scores At Will". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1899. p. 7. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Trinity's Great Game". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 16, 1899. p. 12. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Columbia, 18; Amherst, 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. October 22, 1899. p. 8. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Amherst 11, Bowdoin 6". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 26, 1899. p. 5. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Amherst 11, Bowdoin 6". The Fall River Daily Herald. Fall River, Massachusetts. October 26, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Amherst Team Outplayed". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. October 29, 1899. p. 7. Retrieved April 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Stevens Beaten Badly". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 2, 1899. p. 14. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Amherst, By 12 to 5,". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 5, 1899. p. 7. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Williams' Impressive Victory". The Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. November 12, 1899. p. 10. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Amherst Snowed Under". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 19, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "1899 Amherst Lord Jeffs Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved June 19, 2026.
- ↑ Mathews, Charles E., ed. (1899). "The Amherst College Olio 1901". The Amherst College Olio. Amherst, Massachusetts: The Junior Class of Amherst College: 164. Retrieved June 28, 2026.