Amherst at Columbia

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 22, 1905, page 57

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  COLUMBIA TIES AMHERST. Spectacular Game of Foot Ball in New York NEW YORK, October 21.-In a spectacular foot ball game Columbia and Amherst tied at 10 to 10 at American League Park today. In the last thirty seconds of play Schultz turned defeat into what was a practical victory for the Blue and White by kicking a splendid field goal from the 30-yard line. Columbia led with to o at the end of the first half. but early in the second half Il. Crook broke through and blocking Fishers kicking beat the ball down the field over Columbias goal line. where Priddy fell on ii for a touchdown. Shat tuck : goal tied the score at q to q. Amherst then proceeded To play fast and brought the hall to the 15-yard line, from which Shattuck dropped pretty field goal, placing Amherst in the lead with the score 10 TO q. Columbia then secured the ball and smashed through to Amherst’s s 30-yard line, from which Schultz kicked his field goal and tied the score

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 22, 1905, page 11

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  Columbia 10, Amherst 10. New York, October H.-In spectacular football game Columbia and Amherst tied at 10 to 10 at American League park to- day. In the last 30 seconds of play Shultz turned defeat into what was practical victory for the blue and white by kicking a field goal from the %-yara line Columbia led with to o at the end of the first half, but early in the second half R. Crook broke through and block ed Fishers kick. beating the ball down the field over Columbia’s goal line, where Priddy fell on it for touch down. shat tucks goal tied the score at to 6. Amherst then proceeded to play fast and brought the ball to the l5-yard me. from which Shattuck dropped field goal. placing Amhearst in the lead with the score 10 to 6. Columbia then secured the ball and smashed through to Am herst’s 3O-yard line from which shultz kicked his field goal and tied the score

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  The Washington times, October 22, 1905, page 16

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  COLUMBIA HAS NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEFEAT Schultz Makes Sensational Drop Kick With But Few Minutes to Go. NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-In one Of the hardest fought contests ever seen on the local gridiron, Columbia played Amherst 10 a standstill at the American League Park this afternoon, the score standing 10 TO 10. Columbia anly saved herself from defeat in the last moment of play. when. with the score standing 10 TO in favor Of Amherst. Schultz made a sensational drop kick. at a difficult angle from the 4-yaTd line. and dropped the ball squarcly behind the goal posts The kick was one of the finest ever wit messed on a football field, and the play eQualed the. famous kick OF Poe in the Yale Princeton game OF several years back

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, October 22, 1905, page 17

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  ColnnlbIa PLAYED Amherst. New York. oct. 21.-In one of the hardest fought contests ever seen on a local gridfron Columbia played Am herst to standstill this afternoon, the score standing 10 to 10. Columbia saved herself from defeat in the last moment of play when, with the score 10 to in favor of Amherst. Schultz made a sensational drop kick at a diff ficuIt angle from the 24yard line and dropped the ball squarely behind the goal posts. The kick was one of the finest ever witnessed on a football field and the play equalled the famous Kick of Poe in the Yale-Princeton game of several wears back.

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.

Columbia leads 4–⁠3–⁠3 in 10 meetings, counting the four since this game.