Amherst vs. Williams

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

1. Amherst’s biggest win1892: Amherst 60, Williams 0by 60 points
2. Williams’s biggest win1887: Williams 54, Amherst 0by 54 points
3. Upset1896: Amherst 6, Williams 4Amherst had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1892: Amherst 60, Williams 0Amherst had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

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.

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  1895 · Vermont phÅ“nix, Brattleboro, Vt., Nov 8, 1895

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  1906 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 18, 1906

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Amherst vs. Dartmouth25 meetings, Amherst 3–⁠19–⁠3
• Amherst vs. Harvard25 meetings, Amherst 1–⁠24
• Amherst vs. Massachusetts24 meetings, Amherst 21–⁠2–⁠1
• Amherst vs. Yale23 meetings, Amherst 0–⁠23
• Williams vs. Harvard30 meetings, Williams 0–⁠30
• Williams vs. Dartmouth21 meetings, Williams 3–⁠17–⁠1
• Williams vs. Cornell21 meetings, Williams 5–⁠13–⁠3
• Williams vs. Troy Laureates19 meetings, Williams 16–⁠2–⁠1