1893 Lafayette football team

1893 Lafayette football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–6
Head coach	Pearl T. Haskell, H. H. Vincent (1st season)
Captain	Ernest Edwards
Home stadium	The Quad
Seasons ←  1892 1894  →

1893 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					11	–	0	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					12	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					10	–	1	–	0
Colgate			–					3	–	0	–	2
Penn			–					12	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					4	–	1	–	0
Wesleyan			–					4	–	1	–	0
Holy Ghost			–					6	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					6	–	2	–	1
Lehigh			–					7	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					6	–	3	–	0
Carlisle			–					2	–	1	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	2	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	3	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					5	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	3	–	0
Amherst			–					7	–	6	–	1
Boston College			–					3	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					2	–	2	–	1
Army			–					4	–	5	–	0
Williams			–					2	–	3	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	7	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	6	–	1
Worcester Tech			–					2	–	4	–	1
Boston University			–					1	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					3	–	6	–	0
Syracuse			–					4	–	9	–	1
Western Penn			–					1	–	4	–	0
MIT			–					1	–	5	–	0
Massachusetts			–					1	–	9	–	0
New Hampshire			–					0	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					0	–	4	–	0
Maine			–					0	–	5	–	0

The 1893 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1893 college football season. In its first year under head coaches Pearl T. Haskell and H. H. Vincent, the team compiled a 3–6 record. ^{[1] [2]} Ernest Edwards was the team captain. ^[3] The team played its home games on The Quad in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	4:10 p.m.	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–20	1,200–3,000	[4] [5]
October 4		Temperance A.A.	Easton, PA	W 6–0
October 7	3:30 p.m.	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–36		[6]
October 14		at Orange Athletic Club	Orange Oval East Orange, NJ	L 0–6		[7] [8]
October 25		at Stevens	St. George Cricket Club grounds Hoboken, NJ	W 12–10		[9]
October 28		at Penn	University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA	W 0–82		[10]
November 8		at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	L 6–22		[11]
November 11		Rutgers	Easton PA	W (forfeit)
November 18		Lehigh	Easton PA	L 0–10		[12]

References

1. "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 124. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
2. "1893 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. "The Tigers' First Battle". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 1, 1893. p. 3. Retrieved September 8, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
5. "Princeton Satisfied". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. October 1, 1893. p. 4. Retrieved September 8, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
6. "West Point, 36; Lafayette, 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, New York. October 8, 1893. p. 3. Retrieved September 8, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
7. "Football At Orange". The New York Times . New York, New York. October 14, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved September 8, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
8. "Orange Surprised 'Em". The World. October 15, 1893. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Lafayette Wins A Close Game". The Daily Inter Ocean . Chicago, Illinois. October 26, 1893. p. 8. Retrieved September 8, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
10. "Lafayette Could Not Score". The Times (Philadelphia). October 29, 1893. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Lehigh Wins From Lafayette at Foot-ball". The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 9, 1893. p. 6. Retrieved September 8, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
12. "Lafayette Failed To Score". The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1893. p. 9. Retrieved September 8, 2022– via Newspapers.com .