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Program · never held the belt · belt games 1878–1911

Amherst

16Belt games
0–16Record
0Reigns

Amherst has lined up against the belt holder 16 times and walked off without it every time — the closest was lost 0–1 to Yale on November 16, 1878. Embed the Amherst belt badge →

By the numbers

Amherst and the belt

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Shots at the belt16

belt games as the challenger, 1878–1911 · record 0–16

Closest call1 pt

lost 0–1 to Yale on November 16, 1878

Last shot0–11

October 21, 1911 against Harvard

Keeps running intoYale

10 of the 16 attempts came against Yale · Harvard (4), Pennsylvania (1), and Swarthmore (1)

Among the 143 programs still chasing it2nd

in attempts · the heartbreak list

Every attempt

16 belt games, newest first

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October 21, 1911 · Amherst at Harvard 0–11lost by 11November 3, 1906 · Amherst at Swarthmore 0–21lost by 21October 8, 1902 · Amherst at Harvard 0–6lost by 6October 2, 1901 · Amherst at Yale 0–6lost by 6October 10, 1900 · Amherst at Harvard 0–18lost by 18October 11, 1899 · Amherst at Harvard 0–41lost by 41October 21, 1896 · Amherst at Pennsylvania 0–14lost by 14October 18, 1893 · Amherst at Yale 0–46lost by 46October 19, 1892 · Amherst at Yale 0–29lost by 29November 11, 1891 · Amherst at Yale 0–27lost by 27November 12, 1889 · Amherst vs. Yale 0–32lost by 32October 19, 1889 · Amherst at Yale 0–42lost by 42November 10, 1888 · Amherst at Yale 0–70lost by 70October 19, 1888 · Amherst vs. Yale 0–39lost by 39November 16, 1878 · Amherst at Yale 0–1lost by 1November 2, 1878 · Amherst at Yale 0–2lost by 2

A program gets a shot at the belt only by being scheduled against whoever holds it, so a short list here says as much about the schedule as the program. Win one, and this page turns into a reign.