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 coachNone
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
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]
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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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