1886 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainFrederick Gutelius
1886 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
NYU    0 3 0
Swarthmore       
Trinity (CT)       

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]

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[2]
October 30at Penn
L 10–20[3]
November 6LehighEaston, PAW 12–0
November 11at Trinity (CT)
W 12–0[4]
November 13at WesleyanMiddletown, CTL 0–26[5]
November 17at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJW 26–10
November 20StevensEaston, PAW 58–0[6]
November 24at LehighBethlehem, PAW 4–0[7]

References

  1. "1886 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  2. "Finished Under Protest". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 24, 1886. p. 7. Retrieved March 24, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. "Pennsylvania Victorious". The Times (Philadelphia). October 31, 1886. p. 5 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Lafayette vs Trinity". The Hartford Courant. November 12, 1886. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Wesleyan 26; Lafayette 0". The Boston Globe. November 14, 1886. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Lafayette's Vigorous Kickers". The Times (Philadelphia). November 21, 1886. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "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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