1890 Lafayette football team

The 1890 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1890 college football season. Playing without a regular coach, the team compiled a 2–5–1 record and was outscored by a total of 166 to 100.[1][2] Joseph Fox was the team captain,[3] and G. Harvey was the manager.[1] The team played its home games on The Quad in Easton, Pennsylvania.

1890 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainJoseph Fox
1890 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard    11 0 0
Yale    13 1 0
Princeton    11 1 1
Franklin & Marshall    8 2 0
Navy    5 1 1
Penn    11 3 0
Washington & Jefferson    2 1 0
Cornell    7 4 0
Syracuse    7 4 0
Springfield YMCA    5 3 0
Lehigh    6 4 0
Delaware    3 2 0
Rutgers    5 5 1
Penn State    2 2 0
Colgate    1 1 0
Wesleyan    5 6 0
Tufts    2 3 0
Western Univ. Penn    1 2 0
Lafayette    2 5 1
Brown    2 5 0
Bucknell    1 4 1
Fordham    1 3 1
Massachusetts    1 4 0
Columbia    1 5 1
Army    0 1 0
Geneva    0 1 0

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1Dickinson
W 54–0
October 4Bucknell
  • The Quad
  • Easton, PA
T 0–0
October 11at Franklin & Marshall
L 10–18> 1,200[4][5]
October 22at PrincetonL 6–26
November 1Lehigh
L 0–30
November 15at LehighBethlehem, PAL 6–60
November 213:30 p.m.at Virginia
L 14–20[6]
November 22at Columbia Athletic Club
W 20–6[7]

References

  1. "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 124. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  2. "1890 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  3. "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  4. "Lafayette Again Surprised". The Times (Philadelphia). October 12, 1890. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "It Was a Great Game, and Lafayette Was Defeated". The Daily News Era. October 13, 1890. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Foot-ball Contests—'Varsities And Lafayettes Meet On Field". The Times. Richmond, Virginia. November 23, 1890. p. 1. Retrieved August 20, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. "It Was a Rattling Game". The Sunday Herald. November 23, 1890. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
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