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
Record2–5
Head coach
  • None
CaptainLewis Frey
Seasons
← 1883
1885 →
1884 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   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
Denver     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

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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[5]
November 12at LehighBethlehem, PA (rivalry)W 34–4
November 15StevensEaston, PAL 4–17
November 27at StevensHoboken, NJL 0–52

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "The Largest Score on Record: What the Princeton Football Team Accomplished". The New York Times. October 30, 1884. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "One-Sided Game Of Football". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 9, 1884. p. 7. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .