1887 Tufts

3–⁠6.

Schedule and results

Tufts in 1887, game by game: lost vs. Harvard 0–86; won vs. Boston University 5–0; lost vs. Dartmouth 0–52; lost at Maine 6–12; lost at Harvard 0–68; lost at Exeter 8–29; won vs. Harvard B 22–0; won vs. Andover 32–6; lost vs. MIT 0–36+26−86Lost 0–86 vs. Harvard-86HarvardWon 5–0 vs. Boston University+5Boston Universi…Lost 0–52 vs. Dartmouth-52DartmouthLost 6–12 at Maine-6MaineLost 0–68 at Harvard-68HarvardLost 8–29 at Exeter-21ExeterWon 22–0 vs. Harvard B+22Harvard BWon 32–6 vs. Andover+26AndoverLost 0–36 vs. MIT-36MIT
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to MIT 36–⁠0.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 59 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Tufts’s 1887 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 26atHarvardL 0–⁠60Harvard’s article
Record
3–⁠6
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
73–⁠289
Coach
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Elo
1116 +31 this season
SP+ rating
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Recruiting class
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