Amherst Mammoths football

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| TeamName = Amherst Mammoths football

| Image = Amherst Mammoths wordmark.png

| ImageSize = 150

| FirstYear = 1877; {{Time ago|1877}}

| AthleticDirector = Don Faulstick

| HeadCoach = E. J. Mills

| HeadCoachYear = 28th

| HCWins = 153

| HCLosses = 70

| Stadium = Pratt Field

| StadiumBuilt = 1890

| StadCapacity = 2,500

| StadSurface = FieldTurf

| Location = Amherst, Massachusetts

| NCAAdivision = III

| Conference = NESCAC

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| Rivalries = Williams (rivalry)

| WebsiteName = athletics.amherst.edu

| WebsiteURL = https://athletics.amherst.edu/sports/football

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The Amherst Mammoths represent Amherst College of Amherst, Massachusetts in the sport of college football.{{cite web |url=http://www.d3football.com/teams/Amherst/2015/index|title=Amherst football schedule and results - D3football}} The football team is coached by E. J. Mills.{{cite web|url=http://www3.amherst.edu/sports/current/football/ejmills.html|title=Amherst College Athletics: Football: Head Coach E.J. Mills|access-date=2015-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121183934/http://www3.amherst.edu/sports/current/football/ejmills.html|archive-date=2016-01-21|url-status=dead}} Amherst is one of the "Little Three".

History

Amherst claims its athletics program as the oldest in the nation,"[https://cms.amherst.edu/athletics/quickfacts Amherst College and Amherst Athletics Quickfacts]{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}", 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)."[http://www.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/amherst/history/1894tyler-ws/chapter12/menu.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307142220/http://www.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/amherst/history/1894tyler-ws/chapter12/menu.html|date=March 7, 2008}}", 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.{{Cite web |title=The Mud-Bowl Miracle |url=https://athletics.amherst.edu/news/2021/11/1/football-mammoths-knock-off-undefeated-wesleyan-in-four-overtime-instant-classic.aspx}}

References

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