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Amherst vs. Wesleyan (CT)

Amherst and Wesleyan (CT) first met in 1882 and have played 20 times; Wesleyan (CT) leads the series 15–⁠5. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Wesleyan (CT) 9–⁠1, and Wesleyan (CT) has won the last 8.

Amherst wins
5
Wesleyan (CT) wins
15
Ties
0
First meeting
1882
Longest streak
8 Wesleyan (CT)
Current streak
8 Wesleyan (CT)
Last 10 meetings
Wesleyan (CT) 9–⁠1
Most recent
1901

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1880s0–⁠5
1890s5–⁠8
1900s0–⁠2
Average margin
19.5 points; 9 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Amherst
3–⁠6 Amherst’s record at home
At Wesleyan (CT)
9–⁠2 Wesleyan (CT)‘s record at home
Shutouts
13

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Amherst’s biggest win1894: Amherst 28, Wesleyan (CT) 0by 28 points
  2. Wesleyan (CT)‘s biggest win1888: Wesleyan (CT) 54, Amherst 0by 54 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Amherst and Wesleyan (CT), 1882 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 1895 game: AMHERST DEFEATS WESLEYAN.

    1895 · New-York tribune, Oct 17, 1895

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1895 game: AMHERST DEFEATS WESLEYAN.

    1895 · New-York tribune, Oct 17, 1895

  • The The morning times's story of the 1896 game: wESLEYAN-AMHERST. Former Won Il Well Played Game by q to o.

    1896 · The morning times, Oct 18, 1896

  • The The morning times's story of the 1896 game: AMHERST DEFEATS WESLEYAN. Game Was Holly Contested Through out Both Halves.

    1896 · The morning times, District of Columbia, Oct 29, 1896

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1901 game: VICTORY FOR WESLEYAN. AMHERST DEFEATED BY SCORE OF Is TO Il

    1901 · New-York tribune, New York, Nov 24, 1901

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 23, 1901Wesleyan (CT) 15, Amherst 11at Amherst
Nov 24, 1900Wesleyan (CT) 17, Amherst 0at Wesleyan (CT)
Nov 30, 1899Wesleyan (CT) 11, Amherst 5at Amherst
Nov 18, 1899Wesleyan (CT) 40, Amherst 0at Wesleyan (CT)
Oct 29, 1898Wesleyan (CT) 28, Amherst 0at Amherst
Oct 15, 1898Wesleyan (CT) 33, Amherst 0at Wesleyan (CT)
Oct 27, 1897Wesleyan (CT) 14, Amherst 0at Amherst
Oct 13, 1897Wesleyan (CT) 24, Amherst 0at Wesleyan (CT)
Oct 24, 1896Amherst 6, Wesleyan (CT) 4at Amherst
Oct 14, 1896Wesleyan (CT) 6, Amherst 0at Wesleyan (CT)
Oct 16, 1895Amherst 16, Wesleyan (CT) 14at Wesleyan (CT)
Oct 12, 1895Amherst 12, Wesleyan (CT) 10at Amherst
Oct 27, 1894Amherst 10, Wesleyan (CT) 4at Wesleyan (CT)
Oct 13, 1894Amherst 28, Wesleyan (CT) 0at Amherst
Oct 22, 1890Wesleyan (CT) 8, Amherst 6at Amherst
Oct 16, 1889Wesleyan (CT) 39, Amherst 0at Wesleyan (CT)
Oct 6, 1888Wesleyan (CT) 54, Amherst 0at Amherst
Oct 1, 1887Wesleyan (CT) 34, Amherst 0at Wesleyan (CT)
Oct 16, 1886Wesleyan (CT) 47, Amherst 0at Wesleyan (CT)
Nov 4, 1882Wesleyan (CT) 1, Amherst 0at Wesleyan (CT)

Every game is listed as played on the field.