The Amherst Mammoths represent
Amherst College
Amherst College ( ) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zepha ...
of
Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst () is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Connecticut River valley. Amherst has a council–manager form of government, and is considered a city under Massachusetts state law. Amherst is one of several Massach ...
in the sport of
college football
College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football American football in the United States, firs ...
. The football team is coached by
E. J. Mills. Amherst is one of the "''
Little Three
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''".
History
Amherst claims its athletics program as the oldest in the nation,
[Amherst College and Amherst Athletics Quickfacts]
, www.amherst.edu . Retrieved October 31, 2007. pointing to its compulsory physical fitness regimen put in place in 1860 (the mandate that all students participate in sports or pursue physical education has been discontinued).
", ''A History of Amherst College During the Administrations of its First Five Presidents.'' One-third of the student body participates in sports at the intercollegiate level, and eighty percent participate in intramural and club sports teams.
The game between Amherst College and Wesleyan University during the 2021 season has been coined as "The Mud-Bowl Miracle." In the 4th overtime of the game, after a fourth down conversion by junior RB Louis Eckelkamp, junior QB Brad Breckenridge completed a one-handed lob over his head to his favorite wideout junior Carson Ochsenhirt to score the winning touchdown. 5th year CB Ricky Goodson sealed the win shortly thereafter.
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American football teams established in 1877
1877 establishments in Massachusetts
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