1897 Amherst football team

American college football season June 2026 June 2026 1897 Amherst football 1897 Amherst football team.png 285 Triangular Football League TFL 2–6–2 0–1–1 Albert Tyler 1st H. P. Whitney Pratt Field The 1897 Amherst football team represented the Amherst College as a member of the Triangular Football League (TFL) during the 1897 college football season. Led by Albert Tyler in his first and only season as head coach, Amherst compiled an overall record of 2–6–2 with a mark of 0–1–1 in conference play, tying for second place in the TFL. The team played home games at Pratt Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. Schedule September 29 w y Massachusetts Pratt Field Amherst, MA 20–4 200 Aggies Score On Amherst.—Amherst Comes to Herself After the First Blow and at No Time Afterward is Her Goal In Danger https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/200459842/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts September 30, 1897 5 June 27, 2026 Newspapers.com October 6 l y y Yale Yale Field New Haven, CT 0–18 900 Yale 18–Amherst 0.—The game at Yale Field Yesterday Afternoon—Amherst's Fine Defense https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-journal-courier/200460018/ The Daily Morning Journal and Courier New Haven, Connecticut October 7, 1897 1 June 27, 2026 Newspapers.com Yale Is Encouraged The Boston Globe October 7, 1897 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98269176/yale-is-encouraged/ Newspapers.com October 9 t y Holy Cross Pratt Field Amherst, MA 6–6 Amherst 6, Holy Cross 6.—Former Fumbled Badly at Critical Stages of the Game, Besides Having a Weak Rush Line https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/200460181/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 10, 1897 4 June 27, 2026 Newspapers.com October 13 4:00 p.m. l y y Harvard Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA 0–38 3,000 With Amherst.—Harvard Will Play on Soldiers Field Today https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/200460321/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 13, 1897 4 June 27, 2026 Newspapers.com Harvard Scores Well—Amherst Gets Near Crimson's Line Only Once in the Game https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/200460569/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 14, 1897 9 June 27, 2026 Newspapers.com Harvard, 38; Amherst, 0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times/200460652/ The New York Times New York, New York October 14, 1897 9 June 27, 2026 Newspapers.com October 16 w y 1897 Boston Tech Boston Tech Pratt Field Amherst, MA 8–6 Amherst, 8; Massachusetts I. T., 6 https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune/200461260/ New-York Tribune New York, New York October 17, 1897 4 June 27, 2026 Newspapers.com October 20 3:30 p.m. l y y Wesleyan Hanover Park Meriden, CT 0–24 1,000 Plans Are Complete—Big Football Game This Afternoon—Amherst And Wesleyan Meet https://www.newspapers.com/article/record-journal/177541077/ The Morning Record Meriden, Connecticut October 20, 1897 1 July 26, 2025 Newspapers.com Amherst's Waterloo https://www.newspapers.com/article/record-journal/177541246/ The Morning Record Meriden, Connecticut October 21, 1897 1 July 26, 2025 Newspapers.com October 27 l y Wesleyan Pratt Field Amherst, MA 0–14 600 Wesleyan 14, Amherst 0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/fall-river-daily-evening-news/177541421/ Fall River Evening News Fall River, Massachusetts October 28, 1897 5 July 26, 2025 Newspapers.com Football Notes https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun/177541546/ The Sun New York, New York October 28, 1897 8 July 26, 2025 Newspapers.com October 30 l y y Trinity (CT) Trinity athletic field Hartford, CT 0–18 Trinity, 16; Amherst, 0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle/200461602/ The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, New York October 31, 1897 8 June 27, 2026 Newspapers.com Trinity's Great Game—Defeated Amherst at Football by the Big Score of 16 to 0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant/125435001/ Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut November 1, 1897 6 May 28, 2023 Newspapers.com November 6 3:15 p.m. t Williams Pratt Field Amherst, MA rivalry 6–6 Six Points Each.—Amherst and Williams Play to a Tie—Former Scored Against on Fluke in the Darkness https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/200461818/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 7, 1897 4 June 27, 2026 Newspapers.com November 13 l y Dartmouth Hanover, NH 0–54 Dartmouth Won https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98185047/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 14, 1897 6 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com 1897 Amherst Lord Jeffs Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/amherst/1897-schedule.html College Football at Sports-Reference.com Sports Reference June 27, 2026 Merrill William F. 1897 The Amherst College Olio 1899 https://acdc.amherst.edu/view/Olios/Olio-1898#page/205/mode/1up/ The Amherst College Olio Amherst, Massachusetts The Junior Class of Amherst College 149 June 27, 2026 References Amherst Category:Amherst Mammoths football seasons Amherst football