1896 Lehigh football team

The 1896 Lehigh football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1896 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach L. N. Morris, the team compiled a 2–5 record and was outscored by a total of 130 to 80.[1]

1896 Lehigh football
ConferenceIndependent
1896 record2–5
Head coachL. N. Morris (1st season)
1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Fordham      1 0 0
Lafayette      11 0 1
Princeton      10 0 1
Penn      14 1 0
Yale      13 1 0
Pittsburgh College      11 2 0
Buffalo      8 1 2
Army      3 2 1
Boston College      5 3 0
Storrs      5 3 0
Syracuse      5 3 2
Cornell      5 3 1
Villanova      10 4 0
Harvard      7 4 0
Temple      3 2 0
Carlisle      5 5 0
Rutgers      6 7 0
Brown      4 5 1
Wesleyan      4 5 1
Frankin & Marshall      3 4 2
Geneva      3 4 0
Penn State      3 4 0
Colgate      3 4 1
Amherst      3 6 1
Holy Cross      1 3 2
Western Univ. Penn.      3 6 0
Lehigh      2 5 0
Tufts      2 6 1
New Hampshire      1 4 0
Massachusetts      0 4 0
Rhode Island      0 4 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 10at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 0–16
October 14RutgersBethlehem, PAW 44–0
October 17at PennL 0–34
October 24at BrownProvidence, RIL 0–16
October 31vs. Michigan
L 0–402,000–3,000[2][3]
November 7at NavyL 10–24
November 14Maryland Athletic ClubBethlehem, PAW 26–0

References

  1. "1896 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  2. "Won the Eastern Game: Lehigh Failed to Score on the Men from Michigan". The U. of M. Daily. November 2, 1896. p. 1 via Bentley Historical Library.
  3. "Won It Easily: Michigan Had No Trouble with the Lehigh Players". Detroit Free Press. November 1, 1896. pp. 6–7 via Newspapers.com.
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