1888 Amherst football team

1888 Amherst football
Conference	Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association
Record	2–8–1 (0–3 EIFA)
Head coach	None

1888 Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Williams	3	–	1	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Dartmouth	3	–	1	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
MIT	2	–	2	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Stevens	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	7	–	1
Amherst	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	8	–	1

The 1888 Amherst football team represented the Amherst University as a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association (EIFA) during the 1888 college football season. Amherst compiled an overall record of 2–8–1 with a mark of 0–3 in EIFA play.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 6		at Wesleyan*	Middletown, CT	L 0–54 or 0–62
October 18		Massachusetts*	Amherst, MA	W 58–0
October 19	3:20 p.m.	Yale*	Amherst, MA	L 0–39
October 27		at MIT	Union Grounds Boston, MA	L 0–48
October 30		at Massachusetts*	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	W 45–4
October 31		vs. Trinity (CT)	Springfield, MA	T 0–0
November 3		at Harvard*	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	L 0–102
November 7		Williams	Amherst, MA (rivalry)	L 0–53
November 10		at Yale*	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–70
November 14		at Trinity (CT)*	Hartford, CT	L 0–16
November 21		at Dartmouth	Amherst, MA	L 0–40
*Non-conference game