Year: | 1890 |
Team: | Amherst |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association |
Short Conf: | EIFA |
Record: | 7–6–1 |
Conf Record: | 3–1 |
Head Coach: | None |
Stadium: | Blake Field |
The 1890 Amherst football team was an American football team that represented the Amherst College as a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association (EIFA) during the 1890 college football season.[1] The team compiled an overall record of 7–6–1 with a mark of 3–1 in EIFA play. Amherst was outscored by a total of 185 to 184 on the season.[2] Two of Amherst's losses were to undefeated national champion Harvard. Excluding the two one-sided losses to Harvard, Amherst outscored its opponents, 178 to 47. The team played its home games at Blake Field in Amherst, Massachusetts.