1894 Lafayette football team

1894 Lafayette football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–6
Head coach	Hugh Janeway (1st season)
Captain	Samuel Jordan
Home stadium	March Field
Seasons ←  1893 1895  →

1894 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					16	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					12	–	0	–	0
Villanova			–					1	–	0	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	0	–	1
Harvard			–					11	–	2	–	0
Geneva			–					5	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	1	–	0
Holy Ghost College			–					7	–	2	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					10	–	5	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	1	–	1
Army			–					3	–	2	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					6	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	4	–	1
Amherst			–					7	–	5	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					4	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					6	–	5	–	0
Massachusetts			–					3	–	3	–	0
Swarthmore			–					5	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn			–					1	–	1	–	0
Lafayette			–					5	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					4	–	6	–	0
Lehigh			–					5	–	9	–	0
Williams			–					1	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	3	–	0
MIT			–					1	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					1	–	6	–	0
Carlisle			–					1	–	8	–	0
Buffalo			–					0	–	2	–	0
NYU			–					0	–	3	–	0
Wesleyan			–					0	–	5	–	0

The 1894 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1894 college football season. In its first season under head coach Hugh Janeway, the team compiled a 5–6 record. Samuel Jordan was the team captain. ^[1] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Princeton	Princeton, NJ	L 0–40	3,000	[2]
October 3	Gettysburg	Easton, PA	W 36–0
October 6	at Rutgers	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	L 10–12		[3]
October 13	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–24
October 20	at Penn State	Beaver Field State College, PA	L 0–72
October 24	Swarthmore	Easton, PA	W 46–0
October 31	at Penn	Philadelphia, PA	L 0–26
November 3	at Orange Athletic Club	Orange Oval East Orange, NJ	W 18–6		[4]
November 14	Lehigh	Easton, PA (rivalry)	W 28–0
November 24	Lehigh	South Bethlehem, PA	L 8–11
November 29	Bucknell	Easton, PA	W 44–0		[5]

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References

1. "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
2. "Princeton, 40; Lafayette, 0". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. September 30, 1894. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Rutgers Starts With Victory". The Inter Ocean. October 7, 1894. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Lafayette, 18; Orange, 6". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 4, 1894. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Lafayette and Bucknell". The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 30, 1894. p. 9. Retrieved January 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com .
6. "1894 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2020.