1886 Amherst football team

The 1886 Amherst football team represented the Amherst University during the 1886 college football season.

1886 Amherst football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–4
Head coach	None

1886 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					7	–	0	–	1
Harvard			–					12	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					10	–	2	–	0
Williams			–					5	–	1	–	1
Massachusetts			–					2	–	1	–	0
Penn			–					9	–	7	–	1
Lehigh			–					4	–	3	–	1
Dartmouth			–					2	–	2	–	0
Amherst			–					3	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	3	–	0
Wesleyan			–					2	–	6	–	0
MIT			–					2	–	6	–	1
Vermont			–					0	–	1	–	0
Stevens			–					0	–	7	–	1
Tufts			–					0	–	8	–	0
NYU			–					0	–	3	–	0
Swarthmore			–							–
Trinity (CT)			–							–

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 13	at Tufts	Medford, MA	W 18–4
October 16	at Wesleyan	Hartford, CT	L 0–47
October 20	Tufts	Amherst, MA	W 22–4
October 23	Massachusetts	Amherst, MA	W 13–0
October 30	at MIT	Cambridge, MA	L 0–22
November 6	Williams	Amherst, MA (rivalry)	L 2–15
November 13	at Williams	Williamstown, MA	L 0–11