Amherst Mammoths
NESCACAmherst, MAPratt Field at Lehrman Stadium
2026: 5–0 (5–0 NESCAC). Last: won at Colby 21–15. Next: Wesleyan (CT), Saturday, Oct 24, 1 p.m. ET.
- W 24–14Bates
- W 38–21at Hamilton
- W 22–13Bowdoin
- W 23–22Middlebury
- W 21–15at Colby
- Oct 24Wesleyan (CT)
- Oct 31at Tufts
- Nov 7Trinity (CT)
- Nov 14at Williams
Amherst has played football since at least 1877 and is 130–165–23 in the 318 games on record. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 2 players and 2 coaches from Amherst. The most-played rival is Dartmouth: 25 meetings, Dartmouth leads 19–3–3. This season, they’re 5–0.
On this date in 2024Amherst lost to Colby 38–7 on the road.
Résumé
- Record on file
- 130–165–23 .445; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1092
- Seasons
- 61 since 1877, 318 games
2026 season 5–0
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | vsBates | W 24–14 | 71% |
| Sep 26 | atHamilton | W 38–21 | 59% |
| Oct 3 | vsBowdoin | W 22–13 | 75% |
| Oct 10 | vsMiddlebury | W 23–22 | 55% |
| Oct 17 | atColby | W 21–15 | 54% |
| Oct 24 | vsWesleyan (CT) | Preview | 42% |
| Oct 31 | atTufts | Preview | 51% |
| Nov 7 | vsTrinity (CT) | Preview | 38% |
| Nov 14 | atWilliams | Preview | 39% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterProgram greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Amherst.
Program strength since 1877
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
 Parke Davis | 1894 | 7–5–1 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Dartmouth
3–19–3 in 25
- 1903 L 0–18
- 1904 L 4–15
- 1905 T 0–0
- 1906 L 0–4
- 1912 L 0–60
- 1913 L 7–21
- 1914 L 0–32
- 1915 L 0–26
- 1937 L 7–31
- 1941 L 7–47
Lost the last seven.
- Harvard
1–24 in 25
- 1899 L 0–41
- 1900 L 0–18
- 1901 L 0–11
- 1902 L 0–6
- 1903 W 5–0
- 1910 L 0–17
- 1911 L 0–11
- 1912 L 0–46
- 1936 L 6–38
- 1940 L 0–13
Lost the last five.
- Massachusetts
21–2–1 in 24
- 1894 W 6–0
- 1895 W 42–0
- 1897 W 20–4
- 1898 T 0–0
- 1899 L 0–6
- 1900 W 18–0
- 1901 L 0–15
- 1902 W 15–0
- 1903 W 11–6
- 1906 W 12–8
Won the last three.
| Opponent | Games | AMH record |
|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth | 25 | 3–19–3 |
| Harvard | 25 | 1–24 |
| Massachusetts | 24 | 21–2–1 |
| Williams | 24 | 8–12–4 |
| Yale | 23 | 0–23 |
| Trinity (CT) | 21 | 7–8–6 |
| Wesleyan (CT) | 20 | 5–15 |
| MIT | 16 | 11–5 |
Every opponent (40)
Every program Amherst has played, A to Z, with Amherst’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Amherst YMCA 1–0
- Andover 1–0
- Army 0–2
- Bates 4–2
- Boston A.C. 0–2–1
- Boston University 1–0
- Bowdoin 10–2–1
- Brown 4–6–1
- Colby 3–4
- Colgate 1–1
- Columbia 3–4–3
- Cornell 1–1
- Crescent A.C. 1–1
- Dartmouth 3–19–3
- Greenfield 1–0
- Hamilton 4–1
- Harvard 1–24
- Holy Cross 2–2–1
- Massachusetts 21–2–1
- Middlebury 2–3
- MIT 11–5
- New York University 1–0
- Pennsylvania 0–1
- Princeton 0–11
- Rensselaer 2–0
- Rochester (NY) 1–0
- Springfield 1–1–1
- Stevens 3–0
- Swarthmore 0–1
- Syracuse 0–3
- Trinity (CT) 7–8–6
- Tufts 6–4
- Union (NY) 2–1–1
- Vermont 2–0
- Wesleyan (CT) 0–4
- Wesleyan (CT) 5–15
- Williams 8–12–4
- Williston 11–0
- WPI 6–0
- Yale 0–23
Conferences
- Independent 1897–1906
- NESCAC since 2014
Amherst’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
Consensus All-Americans 1
| 1905 | Jack Hubbard RB |
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 2
- Coaches
- 2
| 2001 | Freddie Scott WR |
| 1978 | Lloyd Jordan coach, career 1932–1956 |
| 1966 | Jack Hubbard RB |
| 1962 | Tuss McLaughry coach, career 1915–1954 |
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 1 since 1974
- First-round picks
- 0
Old photographs
Football – Columbia – AmherstPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication 
Columbia v. Amherst footballPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication 
Columbia v. Amherst footballPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication 
Columbia v. Amherst footballPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication 
Columbia v. Amherst footballPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication 
Columbia v. Amherst footballPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication
From the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. The records don’t give these a season.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 1092 | ||||
| 2025 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 1033 | ||||
| 2024 | 2–7 | 2–7 | 926 | ||||
| 2023 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 1058 | ||||
| 2022 | 2–7 | 2–7 | 1087 | ||||
| 1953 | 1–0 | 1201 | |||||
| 1949 | 0–1 | 1183 | |||||
| 1941 | 0–1 | 1183 | |||||
| 1940 | 0–1 | 1183 | |||||
| 1939 | 0–1 | 1182 | |||||
| 1937 | 0–1 | 1180 | |||||
| 1936 | 0–1 | 1175 | |||||
| 1934 | 0–1 | 1177 | |||||
| 1933 | 0–1 | 1173 | |||||
| 1932 | 0–1 | 1176 | |||||
| 1931 | 0–1 | 1182 | |||||
| 1930 | 0–1 | 1188 | |||||
| 1929 | 0–1 | 1192 | |||||
| 1927 | 0–1 | 1192 | |||||
| 1926 | 0–1 | 1193 | |||||
| 1925 | 0–1 | 1194 | |||||
| 1924 | 0–1 | 1199 | |||||
| 1923 | 0–0–1 | 1207 | |||||
| 1922 | 0–1 | 1202 | |||||
| 1921 | 1–0 | 1224 |
Every season back to 1877 (36 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 0–1 | 1203 | |||||
| 1916few games on file | 0–1 | 1214 | |||||
| 1915few games on file | 1–1 | 1237 | |||||
| 1914few games on file | 0–1–1 | 1217 | |||||
| 1913few games on file | 0–2 | 1222 | |||||
| 1912few games on file | 1–2 | 1256 | |||||
| 1911few games on file | 0–1 | 1245 | |||||
| 1910few games on file | 0–1 | 1272 | |||||
| 1909few games on file | 0–2 | 1314 | |||||
| 1908few games on file | 0–1 | 1388 | |||||
| 1907few games on file | 0–2 | 1490 | |||||
| 1906 | 3–3–1 | 1528 | |||||
| 1905 | 3–1–2 | 1586 | |||||
| 1904 | 9–1 | 1615 | |||||
| 1903 | 7–3 | 1517 | |||||
| 1902 | 7–3 | 1544 | |||||
| 1901 | 4–6–2 | 1368 | |||||
| 1900 | 4–7–1 | 1343 | |||||
| 1899 | 4–7–1 | 1311 | |||||
| 1898 | 4–5–1 | 1298 | |||||
| 1897 | 2–6–2 | 1172 | |||||
| 1896 | 3–6–1 | 1248 | |||||
| 1895 | 6–5 | 1291 | |||||
| 1894 | 7–5–1 | Parke Davis | 1310 | ||||
| 1893 | 7–6–1 | 1338 | |||||
| 1892 | 9–5 | 1460 | |||||
| 1891 | 8–4–3 | 1374 | |||||
| 1890 | 6–5–1 | 1341 | |||||
| 1889 | 3–5–2 | 1237 | |||||
| 1888 | 2–8–1 | 1130 | |||||
| 1887 | 4–6 | 1168 | |||||
| 1886 | 3–4 | 1153 | |||||
| 1882few games on file | 1–3 | 1198 | |||||
| 1881few games on file | 0–3–1 | 1208 | |||||
| 1878few games on file | 1–3 | 1215 | |||||
| 1877few games on file | 1–0 | 1213 |
No season on file for 1879–80, 1883–85, 1917–19, 1928, 1935, 1938, 1942–48, 1950–52, 1954–2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
All 61 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.