History Programs Amherst vs. Massachusetts A Amherst vs. Massachusetts Amherst and Massachusetts have 24 meetings on file, the first in 1882; Amherst leads the series 21–2–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Amherst 7–2, and Amherst has won the last 3. Share
Amherst wins 21
Massachusetts wins 2
Ties 1
Longest streak 17 Amherst
Current streak 3 Amherst
Last 10 meetings Amherst 7–2
The series at a glance Deeper color: bigger margin
Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner ’0 ’1 ’2 ’3 ’4 ’5 ’6 ’7 ’8 ’9 W–L 1880s 5–0 1890s 12–1–1 1900s 4–1
Average margin 20.4 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Amherst 12–0 Amherst’s record at home
At Massachusetts 2–9–1 Massachusetts’s record at home
Shutouts 15 Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Both programs through the years Ticks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
End-of-season Elo ratings of Amherst and Massachusetts, 1882 on 1300 1500 1700 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 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.
Every game Oct 6, 1906 Amherst 12, Massachusetts 8 at Massachusetts Nov 21, 1903 Amherst 11, Massachusetts 6 at Massachusetts Nov 22, 1902 Amherst 15, Massachusetts 0 at Massachusetts Nov 9, 1901 Massachusetts 15, Amherst 0 at Massachusetts Nov 29, 1900 Amherst 18, Massachusetts 0 at Amherst Nov 4, 1899 Massachusetts 6, Amherst 0 at Massachusetts Nov 5, 1898 Massachusetts 0, Amherst 0 at Massachusetts Oct 23, 1897 Amherst 20, Massachusetts 4 at Amherst Sep 28, 1895 Amherst 42, Massachusetts 0 at Amherst Sep 29, 1894 Amherst 6, Massachusetts 0 at Amherst Oct 25, 1893 Amherst 16, Massachusetts 2 at Massachusetts Oct 11, 1893 Amherst 26, Massachusetts 0 at Amherst Nov 5, 1892 Amherst 22, Massachusetts 4 at Amherst Oct 22, 1892 Amherst 4, Massachusetts 0 at Massachusetts Oct 12, 1892 Amherst 58, Massachusetts 10 at Amherst Nov 21, 1891 Amherst 16, Massachusetts 0 at Massachusetts Oct 31, 1891 Amherst 20, Massachusetts 4 at Amherst Oct 21, 1891 Amherst 44, Massachusetts 0 at Amherst Nov 4, 1890 Amherst 52, Massachusetts 0 at Massachusetts Nov 24, 1888 Amherst 45, Massachusetts 4 at Massachusetts Nov 17, 1888 Amherst 58, Massachusetts 0 at Amherst Oct 15, 1887 Amherst 10, Massachusetts 0 at Massachusetts Oct 23, 1886 Amherst 13, Massachusetts 0 at Amherst Oct 14, 1882 Amherst 2, Massachusetts 0 at Amherst
Every game is listed as played on the field.
