1888 Amherst Lord Jeffs football team

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1888 Amherst Lord Jeffs football
ConferenceIndependent
1888 record2–8–1
Head coachNo coach
Seasons
 1887
1889  
1888 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale     1300
Harvard     1210
Princeton     1110
Lehigh     1020
Trinity     511
Lafayette     630
Cornell     420
Penn     1070
Williams     440
Bucknell     230
Massachusetts     240
Stevens     271
Wesleyan     270
Amherst     281
WPI     140
Rutgers     171
Penn State     021
Swarthmore     050

The 1888 Amherst Lord Jeffs football team represented the Amherst University during the 1888 college football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 3at Trinity (CT) Hartford, CT L 0–16
October 6 Wesleyan (CT) Amherst, MA L 0–54
October 10Trinity (CT)Amherst, MAT 0–0
October 13at Williams Williamstown, MA L 0–53
October 19 Yale Amherst, MAL 0–39
October 27at MIT Cambridge, MA L 0–48
November 3at Harvard
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
L 0–102
November 10at YaleL 0–70
November 17 Massachusetts Amherst, MAW 58–0
November 24at Massachusetts
W 45–4
November 29at Dartmouth Amherst, MAL 0–40

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References

  1. "1888 Amherst Lord Jeffs Football Schedule and Results". College-Football at Sports-Reference.com. College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 14, 2019.