1887 Lafayette football team

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1887 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainFrederick Paye
Seasons
←  1886
1888  →
1887 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
Williams  – 3 –3 –0
Penn  – 6 –7 –0
Wesleyan  – 4 –5 –0
Tufts  – 4 –6 –0
Massachusetts  – 2 –3 –0
Rutgers  – 2 –6 –0
Bucknell  – 0 –2 –0
Cornell  – 0 –2 –0
Franklin & Marshall  – 0 –2 –0
Vermont  – 0 –2 –0

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.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 8at Princeton
L 0–47
October 12at Dickinson Carlisle, PA W 12–0
October 15 Rutgers
W 20–0 [4]
October 19 Haverford
  • The Quad
  • Easton, PA
W 12–4
October 22 Swarthmore
  • The Quad
  • Easton, PA
W 31–6 [5]
October 29at Lehigh Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)L 4–10
November 12at Rutgers New Brunswick, NJ W 36–0 [6]
November 16at Penn Philadelphia, PA W 20–0
November 23Lehigh
  • The Quad
  • Easton, PA (rivalry)
W 6–0

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  4. ↑ "Lafayette Wins a Hard-Fought Battle". The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 16, 1887. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2024– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. ↑ "Lafayette Too Much for Swarthmore". The Philadelphia Times. October 23, 1887. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Lafayette Outkicks Rutgers". The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 13, 1887. p. 2. Retrieved August 10, 2024– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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