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Amherst Lord Jeffs football

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Head coach
  
E. J. Mills

Seating capacity
  
2,500

Location
  
Amherst, Massachusetts

Home ground
  
Pratt Field

Stadium surface
  
FieldTurf

Year built
  
1890

Field surface
  
FieldTurf

NCAA division
  
Division III

First season
  
1877

Amherst Lord Jeffs football

Conference
  
New England Small College Athletic Conference

The Amherst Lord Jeffs represent Amherst College of Amherst, Massachusetts in the sport of college football. The football team is coached by E. J. Mills. Amherst is one of the "Little Three," along with Williams College and Wesleyan University.

History

Amherst claims its athletics program as the oldest in the nation, 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). One-third of the student body participates in sports at the intercollegiate level, and eighty percent participate in intramural and club sports teams.

References

Amherst Lord Jeffs football Wikipedia