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 coach
  • None
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
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

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
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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