Amherst at Army

Saturday, October 6, 1894

Army beat Amherst 18–⁠0. It was their second meeting; Army leads the series 2–⁠0.

AwayAmherst7–⁠5–⁠1 in 1894
0
HomeArmy3–⁠2 in 1894
18

FinalHigh 65°F, low 47°FAttendance 600

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: AMHERST DEFEATED AT WEST POINT.

    New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 7, 1894, page 1

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    AMHERST DEFEATED AT WEST POINT. AMHERST DEFEATED AT WEST POINT. THE SCORE IS TO 0-BRILLIANT PLAY BY The CADETS Amherst Mass Oct (SpeciaD-More than l0Oo spectators witnessed the defeat or the Amherst 70 ,tball team by the cadets the parade GROUNDS here to-day, the score being IS TO 0. The Teams lined up at 3l5 o’clock and ii was soon apparent that the rome eleven would win During the hrs’ half a strong gale made kicking difficult but west Point managed TO overcome all obstacles ana ran M a score OF 10 TO In that hail. scoring TWO touchdowns from one OF which goal was h’cneu’ In tho second half the cadets scored two touchdowns from which they failed TO KICK goal me came was two twenty minute halves. Inc teams lined no in the following order:

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)

Army 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Army leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings.

Recent meetings
1894Army 18, Amherst 0
1893Army 12, Amherst 4

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