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
1890 record2–5–1
Head coachNone
CaptainJoseph Fox
1890 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W 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
Cornell      8 4 0
Washington & Jefferson      2 1 0
Syracuse      7 4 0
Lehigh      6 4 0
Delaware      3 2 0
Amherst      6 5 1
Rutgers      5 5 1
Dartmouth      4 4 0
Penn State      2 2 0
Colgate      1 1 0
Wesleyan      5 6 0
Tufts      2 3 0
Brown      2 4 1
Western Univ. Penn      1 2 0
Lafayette      2 5 1
Fordham      1 3 1
Massachusetts      1 4 0
Columbia      1 5 1
Army      0 1 0
Geneva      0 1 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
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, PA (rivalry)L 6–60
November 21at Virginia
L 14–20
November 22at Columbia Athletic Club
  • Capitol Park
  • Washington, DC
W 20–6[6]

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. "It Was a Rattling Game". The Sunday Herald. November 23, 1890. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
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