1890 Lehigh football team

Last updated

1890 Lehigh football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–4
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
  1889
1891  
1890 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard   1100
Yale   1310
Princeton   1111
Franklin & Marshall   820
Navy   511
Penn   1130
Washington & Jefferson   210
Cornell   740
Lehigh   740
Syracuse   740
Springfield YMCA   530
Rutgers   551
Penn State   220
Western Univ. Penn   220
Colgate   110
Wesleyan   560
Tufts   230
NYU   240
Lafayette   251
Fordham   131
Brown   250
Bucknell   141
Massachusetts   140
Columbia   161
Army   010
Geneva   010

The 1890 Lehigh football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University in the 1890 college football season. The team compiled a 7–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 282 to 125. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4 Swarthmore Bethlehem, PA W 50–0
October 11at Yale L 0–26 [2]
October 18at Penn L 0–82,500 [3]
October 25at Princeton L 0–50 [4]
November 1at Lafayette W 30–0 [5]
November 4at Rutgers
W 4–2 [6]
November 8Lehigh A.C.Bethlehem, PAW 60–6
November 15LafayetteBethlehem, PAW 66–6
November 22PennBethlehem, PAL 14–17 [7]
November 27at Navy W 24–4
November 29at Columbia Athletic Club
W 34–6 [8]

[9]

References

  1. "1889 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule and Results". College Football Reference. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  2. "Yale Defeats Lehigh". The Times (Philadelphia). October 12, 1890. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Lehigh Men Outplayed: They Fail to Score a Point Against the University". The Times (Philadelphia). October 19, 1890. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Princeton Scores Against Lehigh". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1890. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Lafayette Suffers a Sore Defeat at the Hands of Lehigh". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 2, 1890. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Rutgers and Lehigh Line Up". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1890. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "The 'Varsity Wins Again: In a Well-Played Game They Defeat Lehigh". The Times (Philadelphia). November 23, 1890. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Butterworth's Good Run". The Sunday Herald. November 30, 1890. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Lehigh Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved May 9, 2017.[ permanent dead link ]