1887 Lafayette football team

The 1887 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1887 college football season. Playing without a regular coach, the team compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 141 to 67.[1][2] Frederick Paye was the team captain,[3] and H. Martin was the manager.[1] The team played its home games on The Quad in Easton, Pennsylvania.

1887 Lafayette football
Conference	Independent
1887 record	7–2
Head coach	None
Captain	Frederick Paye

1887 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	0
Penn State			–					2	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					4	–	3	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					3	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					6	–	7	–	0
Wesleyan			–					4	–	5	–	0
Amherst			–					4	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	6	–	0
Cornell			–					0	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					0	–	2	–	0
Stevens			–					0	–	6	–	1
Bucknell			–							–
Union (NY)			–							–
Worcester Tech			–							–

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 8	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–47
October 12	at Dickinson	Carlisle, PA	W 12–0
October 15	Rutgers	The Quad Easton, PA	W 20–0
October 19	Haverford	The Quad Easton, PA	W 12–4
October 22	Swarthmore	The Quad Easton, PA	W 31–6
October 29	at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	L 4–10
November 12	at Rutgers	New Brunswick, NJ	W 36–0
November 16	at Penn	Philadelphia, PA	W 20–0
November 23	Lehigh	The Quad Easton, PA (rivalry)	W 6–0

References

1. "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 124. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
2. "1887 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
3. "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.