Amherst at Yale

Wednesday, October 18, 1893

Yale beat Amherst 46–⁠0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 13–⁠0.

AwayAmherst7–⁠6–⁠1 in 1893
0
HomeYale10–⁠1 in 1893
46

FinalHigh 65°F, low 37°FAttendance 700

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: AMHERST DEFEATED by YALE.

    New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 19, 1893, page 1

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    AMHERST DEFEATED by YALE. Ncw.Tayen Conn, Oct. Is CSpecial).-Though iue payed her poorest football game OF the to-day shc defeated Amherst by the formidable score OF % TO o. The visitors appeared in ragged FORM fumbns the ball constanuy and allowing three Yale men to make touchdowns from the centre Of the field Just after the second na began Amherst dangerously near 70 scoring vent trourh thu YaIo line four times each occasion

  • The Richmond dispatch's story: FOOTBALL AT ANNAPOLIS. University of Virgins Boys Not Permit. ted TO Score,

    Richmond dispatch, Richmond, Va., October 22, 1893, page 9 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL AT ANNAPOLIS. University of Virgins Boys Not Permit. ted TO Score, Ry telegraph TO the Dispatch) ANNAPOLIS, MD, October H-Ths game to-day between the Naval Cadet and University Of Virginia elevens was won by the former by score of rs TO 0. The Virginia boys were badly crippled and had on their side a number of substitutes. Several times. however. they braced I’D and rushed the bali down toward the Cadets goal. Josh Hartwell, the umpire. caused some excitement by forcibly pulling Hickson out OF line for rough playing. lizard made all the touchdowns for the Cadets. GAME AT NEW YORK. NEW YORK, October A.A more one sided game of football than that between Princeton and Cornell on Manhattan Field to-day could hardly be i’m agined. The Ithicans were like babies in the hands OF giants so clearly were they outplayed at every point. The score. 46 TO 0. by which Cornell was defeated. was crushing blow. The only real good thing developed by the Cornell boys in their play was the flying wedge, which was worked with good effect. FOOTBALL GALORE. ORANGE, n. j., October A.-Toot-ba Yale, 80; Orange, 0. HIGHLAND FALLS. n. Y. October q. West Point cadets, II; Amherst 4. NEW BRUNSWICK, n. j., October q. Stephens Institute, 80; Rutgers, s. AMHERST. MASS. October H.-Yale freshmen, IS; Massachusetts,, Agricultural College. 4. RICHMOND, KY, october I.-Central University, “a; Georgetown College, 0. CHICAGO, October H.-Northwestern University, 70; University of Illinois, 10 MADISON, WIS, October A.-Wisconsin University, “a; Lake Forest. 0. MINNEAPOLIS, october H.-Minnesota University. 80; Iowa College. s. WASHINGTON, ID. C.. october a. Georgetown University “a; Swarthmore’ 10. MIDDLETowN. CONN. October a. Wesleyan, 49, Tufts. IA. LAWRENCE, KAN.s October 2--Kansas State University. u; Baker Universe ~, IA. OMAHA, NEB., October H.-State Uni verslty, IS; Doane College, 0. LOUISVILLE, KY, October H.-Centre College. 90; Louisville Athletic Club, 16. BOSTON, October 1--Harvard, &c. Dartmouth. 0. PROVIDENCE. r. L., October IL | Brown, “a; Trinity. 0. CHICAGO, October H.-University oil Chicago. 10; University of Michigan, g.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Yale 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 23–⁠0 in 23 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
1909Yale 34, Amherst 0
1906Yale 12, Amherst 0
1902Yale 23, Amherst 0
1901Yale 6, Amherst 0
1900Yale 27, Amherst 0
1899Yale 23, Amherst 0

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