1890 Amherst football team

The 1890 Amherst football team was an American football team that represented the Amherst College as a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association (EIFA) during the 1890 college football season. The team compiled an overall record of 7–6–1 with a mark of 3–1 in EIFA play. Amherst was outscored by a total of 185 to 184 on the season. Two of Amherst's losses were to undefeated national champion Harvard. Excluding the two one-sided losses to Harvard, Amherst outscored its opponents, 178 to 47. The team played its home games at Blake Field in Amherst, Massachusetts.

1890 Amherst football
Conference	Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association
Record	7–6–1 (3–1 EIFA)
Head coach	None
Home stadium	Blake Field

1890 Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Williams $	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Amherst	3	–	1	–	0			7	–	6	–	1
Dartmouth	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
MIT	0	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	2
Bowdoin	0	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4		Williston*	Blake Field Amherst, MA	W 48–6
October 9		Massachusetts*	Blake Field Amherst, MA	W 52–2
October 11		at Harvard*	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	L 6–74
October 18		Trinity (CT)*	Blake Field Amherst, MA	W 12–11
October 22		at Wesleyan*	Middletown, CT	L 6–8
October 25		Yale*	Amherst, MA	L 0–12
October 29		at Trinity (CT)*	Trinity grounds Hartford, CT	T 0–0
November 1		at MIT	South End Grounds Boston, MA	W 38–4
November 3		Cornell*	Amherst, MA	W 18–0
November 8		Bowdoin	Amherst, MA	W (forfeit)
November 12		vs. Harvard*	Hampden Park Springfield, MA	L 0–64	500
November 15		at Williams	Williamstown, MA	L 0–6
November 19	3:15 p.m.	Dartmouth	Blake Field Amherst, MA	W 4–0	800
November 22		at Springfield YMCA*	Hampden Park Springfield, MA	L 0–20	3,000
*Non-conference game