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Yale at Amherst

Friday, October 19, 1888

Yale beat Amherst 39–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Yale led the series 6–⁠0.

AwayYale13–⁠0 in 1888
39
HomeAmherst2–⁠8–⁠1 in 1888
0

FinalHigh 43°F, low 24°F, 0.02 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Morning journal and courier's story: YALE DEFEATS AMHERST

    Morning journal and courier, Connecticut, October 20, 1888, page 3

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    YALE DEFEATS AMHERST After A Hard StruggIe-Score S9 to O. SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Oct. 19.-The Yale football team defeated the Amherst eleven to-day at Amherst by score of 39 to O. The Amhersts developed great strength in block ing and tacking and gave Yale their hardest game of the season thus far

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 96% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Yale–Amherst game

Yale leads 23–⁠0 in 23 meetings, counting the 17 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

Around this game

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Amherst