1891 Lafayette football team

1891 Lafayette football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–9–1
Head coach	Wallace Moyle (1st season)
Captain	Moncure March
Home stadium	The Quad
Seasons ←  1890 1892  →

1891 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					13	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					13	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					12	–	1	–	0
Tufts			–					7	–	1	–	0
Penn			–					11	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	1	–	0
Army			–					4	–	1	–	1
Bucknell			–					6	–	2	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					4	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					8	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	6	–	0
Springfield YMCA			–					5	–	8	–	1
Fordham			–					1	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	7	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					2	–	6	–	0
Lafayette			–					2	–	9	–	1
NYU			–					1	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	0
Wesleyan			–					1	–	6	–	0

The 1891 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1891 college football season. In its first year under head coach Wallace Moyle, the team compiled a 2–9–1 record and was outscored by a total of 161 to 86. ^{[1] [2]} Moncure March was the team captain. ^[3] The team played its home games on The Quad in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Bucknell	The Quad Easton, PA	L 10–16		[4]
October 2	Penn State	The Quad Easton, PA	L 4–14
October 14	at Haverford	Haverford, PA	W 38–0
October 20	Princeton	The Quad Easton, PA	L 0–24
October 24	at Cornell	Ithaca, NY	L 0–30
October 28	at Penn	Philadelphia, PA	L 6–15
November 4	at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	L 4–22
November 11	Lehigh	The Quad Easton, PA	L 2–6	1,500	[5]
November 18	Penn	The Quad Easton, PA	L 10–12
November 20	at Virginia	Madison Hall Field Charlottesville, VA	T 6–6
November 21	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 4–0
November 25	vs. Lehigh	Wilkes-Barre, PA	L 2–16		[6]

References

1. "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 124. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
2. "1891 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. "Football Season Started.—Bucknell University Defeats Lafayette by a Score of 16 to 10". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 26, 1891. p. 3. Retrieved January 11, 2025– via Newspapers.com .
5. "Lehigh, 6; Lafayette, 2". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 12, 1891 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Lehigh-Lafayette". The Wilkes-Barre Record. November 26, 1891. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.