Amherst vs. Bowdoin
Amherst and Bowdoin first met in 1896 and have played 13 times; Amherst leads the series 10–2–1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Amherst 9–1, and Amherst has won the last 2. Share
- Amherst wins
- 10
- Bowdoin wins
- 2
- Ties
- 1
- First meeting
- 1896
- Longest streak
- 7 Amherst
- Current streak
- 2 Amherst
- Last 10 meetings
- Amherst 9–1
- Most recent
- 2026
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 14.3 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Amherst
- 4–2 Amherst’s record at home
- At Bowdoin
- 0–6–1 Bowdoin’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Amherst’s biggest win2025: Amherst 34, Bowdoin 7by 27 points
- Bowdoin’s biggest win2024: Bowdoin 35, Amherst 7by 28 points
- Upset2023: Amherst 27, Bowdoin 23Amherst had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers

1896 · The Portland daily press, Maine, Oct 8, 1896

1903 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Oct 5, 1903
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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Oct 3, 2026 | Amherst 22, Bowdoin 13 | at Amherst | ||
| Oct 11, 2025 | Amherst 34, Bowdoin 7 | at Bowdoin | ||
| Oct 12, 2024 | Bowdoin 35, Amherst 7 | at Amherst | ||
| Nov 4, 2023 | Amherst 27, Bowdoin 23 | at Bowdoin | ||
| Nov 5, 2022 | Amherst 17, Bowdoin 14 | at Amherst | ||
| Oct 14, 1905 | Amherst 23, Bowdoin 3 | at Bowdoin | ||
| Sep 28, 1904 | Amherst 23, Bowdoin 0 | at Amherst | ||
| Sep 30, 1903 | Amherst 23, Bowdoin 0 | at Bowdoin | ||
| Nov 8, 1902 | Amherst 16, Bowdoin 0 | at Amherst | ||
| Nov 16, 1901 | Amherst 29, Bowdoin 6 | at Bowdoin | ||
| Nov 3, 1900 | Bowdoin 11, Amherst 6 | at Amherst | ||
| Nov 11, 1899 | Amherst 11, Bowdoin 6 | at Bowdoin | ||
| Oct 3, 1896 | Bowdoin 0, Amherst 0 | at Bowdoin |
Every game is listed as played on the field.