1884 Lafayette football team

The 1884 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1884 college football season. Playing without a regular coach, the team compiled a 2–5 record and was outscored by a total of 261 to 88.[1][2] Lewis Frey was the team captain,[3] and F. Drake was the manager.[1] The team played its home games on The Quad in Easton, Pennsylvania.

1884 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
1884 record2–5
Head coachNone
CaptainLewis Frey
1884 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Princeton      9 0 1
Yale      8 0 1
Michigan      2 0 0
Williams      2 0 0
Navy      1 0 0
Wabash      1 0 0
Penn      5 1 1
Fordham      5 1 0
Harvard      7 4 0
Wesleyan      3 2 0
Butler      1 1 0
Columbia      1 1 0
Rutgers      3 4 0
Stevens      4 5 0
Dartmouth      1 2 1
Tufts      2 4 1
Massachusetts      1 2 0
Lafayette      2 5 0
Johns Hopkins      1 3 0
Albion      0 1 0
CCNY      0 1 0
DePauw      0 1 0
Olivet      0 2 0
Amherst      0 3 0
Lehigh      0 4 0

On October 29, 1884, Lafayette lost to Princeton by a 140–0 score. Princeton's 140 points was the highest score achieved by a team in the history of the sport to that time.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 25LehighEaston, PA (rivalry)W 56–0
October 29at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 0–140[4]
November 1PennEaston, PAL 0–11
November 8at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJL 0–26
November 12at LehighBethlehem, PA (rivalry)W 34–4
November 15StevensEaston, PAL 4–17
November 27at StevensHoboken, NJL 0–52
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References

  1. "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 124. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  2. "1884 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. "The Largest Score on Record: What the Princeton Football Team Accomplished". The New York Times. October 30, 1884. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
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