Amherst at Yale
Saturday, October 30, 1909 Share
Yale beat Amherst 34–0. It was their 23rd meeting; Yale leads the series 23–0.
FinalHigh 56°F, low 29°F
In the newspapers

Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, October 31, 1909, page 1
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AMHERST FAILS TO SCORE Yale Makes Three Touchdown in Each Half. Yale Makes Three TOuchdOyvns in Each Half. NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. 9O.-In a fast but loosely played game. Yale defeated the Amherst team today on Yale field. “a to O. Yale made three ~touchdowns in each half, but failed TO kick two goals from touchdown in the second period. One touchdown, however, was made by open playing. 1t was in the first half when. from the ~fifty-yard line, Coy made a long pass to Logan, and Logan went thirty yards for a touchdown. Once during the game Coy made a try for a goal from the forty-yard line but missed IT, and Fits OF Amherst barely missed scoring on Yale with a goal from the twenty-five yard line. The bali went under the bar. Score: Yale. “a: Amherst, o. T~ouchdowns: Coy (), Savage (), Logan. Murphy. Goals from Touchdowns: Hobbs. A. Referee: Pendeiton, BOwdoin. Umpire: Tausslg, Cornell. Field Judge: Bixley. Colgate. Time Of halvesi Is and 20 minutes

Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, November 1, 1909, page 1
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AMHERST WAS EASY. Yale Eleven Travels at Fast Gait Score “a to 0. Yale had an easy time defeating Amherst at Yale field, Saturday, “a to 0. of which IS points were in the first half. Center Cooney of Yale was ruled off the field for roughing in the open ing minutes of the game, and Willett of Amherst was retired for the same reason later. Amherst threw one big scare into the Blue when Quarterback Fits tried for a drop kick from the 25 yard line but it was off to one side by few feet Murphy at fullback for Yale, starred in long runs through broken field. Captain Coy worked the forward pass to Logan successfully number of times. once for a touchdown, and the whole Yale team put up a game that showed they were hitting their gait, and it will take a great team to beat them. Lineups: Yale-Kilpatrick, Vaughn lie, Hobbs, Tomlinson, Carter, 1t, Andrus, Brown liz. Cooney. Hyde C, Goebel re-, Lilley, Spencer, Mersereau rt, Logan, Naedele

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 31, 1909, page 62
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AMHERST BEATEN. Yale Scores Six Touchdowns and Wins Loose Game. NEW HAVEN. Conn, October 30.-In a fast but somewhat loosely played game Yale defeated the Amherst eleven this afternoon at Yale Field. 81 to o. Yale made three touchdowns in each half, but failed to kick two goals from touch down in the second period. One touch down, however. was made by open play. It was in the first half when. from the 5O-yard line, Coy made a long pass to Longan, and the latter went 80 yards for a touchdown. Once during the game Coy made a try for a goal from the 40 yard line, but missed it, and Fits of Amherst barely missed scoring on Yale with a goal from the 25-yard line. The ball went under the bar. The lineup:

Bismarck daily tribune, Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.], October 31, 1909, page 1
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YALE DEFEATS AMHERST. New Haven, Oct. 30.-In q fast but loosely played game, Yale defeated Amherst today on the Yale field “a to 0. Yale made three touchdowns in each half, but failed to kick two goal from touchdowns in the second period. One touchdown however. was made by an open play. 1t was in the first half, when from the fifty yard line Coy made a long pass to Logan and Logan went thirty yards for a touchdown. Once during the game Coy made a try for goal from the 40 yard line, but missed 1t and Fits of Amherst barely missed scoring on Yale with goal from the Is yard line. The ball went under the bar. “a S<.5s = .1.
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 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Amherst–Yale gameYale leads 23–0 in 23 meetings.
| 1909 | Yale 34, Amherst 0 | |
| 1906 | Yale 12, Amherst 0 | |
| 1902 | Yale 23, Amherst 0 | |
| 1901 | Yale 6, Amherst 0 | |
| 1900 | Yale 27, Amherst 0 | |
| 1899 | Yale 23, Amherst 0 |
Around this game
Amherst
- Next gameat HarvardOct. 15, 1910
- SeasonAmherst in 1909
- ProgramAmherst history and records
Yale
- Next gamevs. BrownNov. 6, 1909
- SeasonYale in 1909
- ProgramYale history and records
