1886 Lafayette football team

The 1886 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1886 college football season. Playing without a regular coach, the team compiled a 10–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 211 to 75.[1]

1886 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
1886 record10–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainFrederick Gutelius
1886 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale   –    9 –0 –1
Princeton   –    7 –0 –1
Harvard   –    12 –2 –0
Lafayette   –    10 –2 –0
Williams   –    5 –1 –1
Massachusetts   –    2 –1 –0
Penn   –    9 –7 –1
Lehigh   –    4 –3 –1
Dartmouth   –    2 –2 –0
Amherst   –    3 –4 –0
Rutgers   –    1 –3 –0
Wesleyan   –    2 –6 –0
MIT   –    2 –6 –1
Vermont   –    0 –1 –0
Stevens   –    0 –7 –1
Tufts   –    0 –8 –0
NYU   –    0 –3 –0
Swarthmore   –      –  
Trinity (CT)   –      –  

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 13at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PAW 20–12
October 16RutgersEaston, PAW 28–2
October 18DickinsonEaston, PAW 24–5
October 20PennEaston, PAW 12–0
October 23at StevensHoboken, NJW 5–0
October 30at Penn
L 10–20[2]
November 6LehighEaston, PAW 12–0
November 11at Trinity (CT)
W 12–0[3]
November 13at WesleyanMiddletown, CTL 0–26[4]
November 17at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJW 26–10
November 20StevensEaston, PAW 58–0[5]
November 24at LehighBethlehem, PAW 4–0[6]

References

  1. "1886 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  2. "Pennsylvania Victorious". The Times (Philadelphia). October 31, 1886. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Lafayette vs Trinity". The Hartford Courant. November 12, 1886. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Wesleyan 26; Lafayette 0". The Boston Globe. November 14, 1886. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Lafayette's Vigorous Kickers". The Times (Philadelphia). November 21, 1886. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Lafayette Claims the Game". The Times (Philadelphia). November 27, 1886. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.(The outcome was disputed. Lehigh left the field after disagreeing with a call by the referee.)
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