Amherst vs. Stevens

Amherst and Stevens first met in 1887 and have played 3 times; Amherst leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Amherst 3–⁠0, and Amherst has won the last 3.

Amherst wins
3
Stevens wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1887
Longest streak
3 Amherst
Current streak
3 Amherst
Last 10 meetings
Amherst 3–⁠0
Most recent
1891

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1880s2–⁠0
1890s1–⁠0
Average margin
18.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Amherst
2–⁠0 Amherst’s record at home
At Stevens
0–⁠1 Stevens’s record at home
Shutouts
1

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Amherst and Stevens, 1887 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1889 game: AMHERST DEFEATS STEVENS.

    1889 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 21, 1889

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

Nov 14, 1891Amherst 38, Stevens 0at Amherst
Nov 20, 1889Amherst 12, Stevens 5at Stevens
Nov 24, 1887Amherst 16, Stevens 6at Amherst

Every game is listed as played on the field.