Wesleyan (CT) at Amherst

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  The morning times, District of Columbia, October 29, 1896, page 2

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  AMHERST DEFEATS WESLEYAN. Game Was Holly Contested Through out Both Halves. Amherst. Mass, Oct. rs. Amherst defeatcd Wesleyan this afternoon, to i, in the ficrcest game of football ever seen an Pratt Field. ‘‘Slugger’ Mason, Wcsleyan’s coach, infused his prowess into them and they We’re cut for blood. Their double pass was effective, gaining around the ends continually In the iirst half the hall was In Amherst territory until Townsend, Wesieyan’S lett tackle, made a touchdown through the center after ten minutes play. Raymond, the left haifback. failed to kick goal Amherst came within five yards OF scoring by recovering the ball on Wesleyan poor double pass. but Wesleyan held 1t. In the second half two kicks by Iyler, for Amherst, and tumble by WADE, brought the ball to Wesleyau’s twenty yard line Then Gibbs, Amherst’s half back, dashed through the left side OF The line and scored touchdown. The Amherst men went VIII iyier kicked goal Amherst played fiercely after his, but he could not score again. The ball was on wesleyan’s twenty-yard line when time was called. Townsend, Rymer and the Young twins nlayed a perfect game for Wesleyan. Tyler. Sands ana Rowden were Amherst’s i’ll yincible Irio Capt. Ryan and Coach Street of williams watched the game from the side lines.

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  The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, October 29, 1896, page 8

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  FOOTBALL GAMES. Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. 2s.-Pennsylvania 10; Brown, 0. New Haven, Conn.,, Oct. 2s.-Yale, IL; Elizabeth A. c., 6. Amherst. Mass, Oct. 2S.-Amherst. 6: Wesleyan, 4. Hartford, Conn, Oct 2s.-Trinity, G.; Tufts, 2. Hanover, N. H., Oct. 2s.-Dartmouth, 90; Bowdoin, 10.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 29, 1896, page 9 (results column)

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  Yesterdny’s Foot Ball Games. Pennsylvania, 16; Brown University, O. Harvard. 5; Harvard Graduates, 8. ale, 12; Elizabeth A. c., 6. Amherst, 6; Wesleyan, 4. Trinity, 1e; Tufts, g Dartmouth, 26; Bowdoin, 10.

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.

Wesleyan (CT) leads 15–⁠5 in 20 meetings, counting the eight since this game.