1899 Amherst football team

The 1889 Amherst football team was an American football team that represented the Amherst College during the 1889 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Harry A. Smith, the team compiled an overall record of 4–7–1, placing third in the Triangular Football League (TFL) with a mark of 0–2.^[1]

1899 Amherst football
Conference	Triangular Football League
Record	4–7–1 (0–2 TFL)
Head coach	Harry A. Smith (1st season)
Captain	W. D. Ballantine
Home stadium	Pratt Field
Seasons ← 1898 1900 →

1899 Triangular Football League standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Wesleyan $	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Williams	1	–	1	–	0			9	–	4	–	0
Amherst	0	–	2	–	0			4	–	7	–	1
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	at Yale*	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–23		[2]
October 4	Williston*	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	W 20–0		[3]
October 7	Worcester Tech*	Amherst, MA	W 24–5
October 11	at Harvard*	Soldier's Field Boston, MA	L 0–41		[4]
October 14	at Trinity (CT)*	Hartford, CT	T 0–0		[5]
October 21	at Columbia*	Manhattan Field New York, NY	L 0–18	500	[6]
October 25	Bowdoin*	Amherst, MA	W 11–6		[7]
October 28	Boston College*	Amherst, MA	L 0–18		[8]
November 1	Massachusetts*	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	L 0–6		[9]
November 4	MIT*	Amherst, MA	W 12–5		[10]
November 11	at Williams	Weston Field Williamstown, MA (rivalry)	L 0–38		[11]
November 18	Wesleyan	Amherst, MA	L 0–40		[12]
*Non-conference game