1896 Amherst football team

American college football season June 2026 June 2026 1896 Amherst football 1896 Amherst football team.png 285 Triangular Football League TFL 3–6–1 1–1 George A. Gray 2nd A. F. Warren Pratt Field The 1896 Amherst football team represented Amherst College as a member of the Triangular Football League during the 1896 college football season. Led by George A. Gray in his second and final season as head coach, Amherst compiled an overall record of 3–6–1 with a mark of 1–1 in TFL play, placing second in the league. One of The team played home games at Pratt Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. Schedule September 30 l y y Yale Yale Field New Haven, CT 0–12 Amherst Gives Yale a Hard Tussle Boston Post October 1, 1896 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354386/amherst_gives_yale_a_hard_tussle/ Newspapers.com October 7 t y 1896 Bowdoin Polar Bears Bowdoin Pratt Field Amherst, MA 0–0 Amherst 0, Bowdoin 0.—Fumbling and Poor Passing by Her Quarterback Largely Responsible for Amherst's Disappointing Showing https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/200392551/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 8, 1896 5 June 26, 2026 Newspapers.com October 10 l y y Brown Adelaide Park Providence, RI 6–44 700–1,000 Brown 44, Amherst 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97313754/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 11, 1896 4 March 10, 2022 Newspapers.com Brown, 44; Amherst, 6 https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle/200392710/ The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Boston, Massachusetts October 11, 1896 9 June 26, 2026 Newspapers.com October 17 l y y Wesleyan Wesleyan campus Middletown, CT 0–6 200 Wesleyan Outplays Amherst https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times/200393352/ The New-York Times New York, New York October 18, 1896 3 June 26, 2026 Newspapers.com October 21 l y y Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 0–14 800–2,000 Old Penn Plays In Paralytics View—Amhurst[sic] Is Defeated by the Meager Score of Fourteen to Naught https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer/200393520/ The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 22, 1896 4 June 26, 2026 Newspapers.com U. Of P. 14, Amherst 0.—Both Teams Put Up Disappointing Game and Pennsylvania Either is Taking it Easy or is Tired https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/200393677/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 22, 1896 4 June 26, 2026 Newspapers.com Pennsy's Poor Playing.—Game Put Up Against Amherst Worst Seen In Years https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times/200960449/ The Morning Times] Washington, D.C. October 22, 1896 3 July 5, 2026 Newspapers.com October 24 w y 1896 Worcester Tech Worcester Tech Pratt Field Amherst, MA 40–0 Amherst's Easy Win.—Worcester Tech Lamentably Weak---Lewis, Harvard's Former Centre, Coaching Amherst https://www.newspapers.com/article/boston-post/200394538/ Boston Post Boston, Massachusetts November 8, 1896 4 June 26, 2026 Newspapers.com October 28 w y Wesleyan Pratt Field Amherst, MA 6–4 400 Amherst 6, Wesleyan 4.—Tyler Kicks a Goal After Amherst's Touchdown and Wesleyan Fails to Do So When She Scores https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/200393947/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 29, 1896 8 June 26, 2026 Newspapers.com October 31 l y 1896 Trinity Bantams Trinity (CT) Pratt Field Amherst, MA 0–12 Trinity Defeats Amherst.—Amherst Game Was Listless and the Score Was 12 to 0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant/200394233/ Hartford Courant Connecticut November 2, 1896 3 June 26, 2026 Newspapers.com November 7 w y Williams Weston Field Williamstown, MA rivalry 6–4 1,500 Amherst, 6; Williams, 4 https://www.newspapers.com/article/boston-post/200394538/ Boston Post Boston, Massachusetts November 8, 1896 4 June 26, 2026 Newspapers.com Amherst 6, Williams 4 https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-adams-transcript/200394396/ North Adams Transcript North Adams, Massachusetts November 9, 1896 1 June 26, 2026 Newspapers.com November 14 l Dartmouth Pratt Field Amherst, MA 0–23 Dartmouth 32, Amherst 0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98183333/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 15, 1896 4 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com Amherst's Eleven Too Light https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98183202/the-inter-ocean/ The Sunday Inter Ocean Chicago, Illinois November 15, 1896 11 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com Among The Colleges.—Amherst https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune/200399499/ New-York Tribune New York, New York September 21, 1896 14 June 26, 2026 Newspapers.com 1896 Amherst Lord Jeffs Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/amherst/1896-schedule.html College Football at Sports-Reference.com Sports Reference June 26, 2026 Walker Harold 1896 The Amherst College Olio 1898 https://acdc.amherst.edu/view/Olios/Olio-1897#page/202/mode/1up The Amherst College Olio Amherst, Massachusetts The Class of '98 of Amherst College 148 June 26, 2026 References Amherst Category:Amherst Mammoths football seasons Amherst football