1898 Lafayette football team

1898 Lafayette football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–8
Head coach	Samuel B. Newton (1st season)
Captain	Charles Best
Home stadium	March Field
Seasons ←  1897 1899  →

1898 Eastern college football independents records

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

The 1898 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In its first season under head coach Samuel B. Newton, the team compiled a 3–8 record. Charles Best was the team captain. ^[1] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1		Villanova	Easton, PA	W 16–0		[2]
October 5		vs. Washington & Jefferson	Exposition Park Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–16	2,500	[3]
October 8		Penn State	Easton, PA	L 0–5
October 12		at Princeton	Princeton, NJ	L 0–34	2,000	[4]
October 15		Dickinson	Easton, PA	L 6–12		[5]
October 22		at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–32
October 29		at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–18
November 5		at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	L 0–22
November 12		at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–47
November 19	2:00 p.m.	Bucknell	Easton, PA	W 6–0		[6] [7]
November 24		Lehigh	Easton, PA	W 11–5

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References

1. "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
2. "Lafayette Beat Villanova". The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 2, 1898. p. 9. Retrieved November 10, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
3. "Lafayette No Match For Frisky W. & J." The Pittsburgh Post . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 6, 1898. p. 6. Retrieved September 28, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
4. "Princeton's Rocky Play: Lafayette Put Up a Good Game, But Were Thoroughly Beaten". The Philadelphia Times. October 13, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Another for Lafayette: This Time Dickinson Sent Them Off the Field Defeated". The Philadelphia Times. October 16, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Lafayette Won". The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 20, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved January 18, 2025– via Newspapers.com .
7. "Lafayette Wins". Lewisburg Journal. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. November 25, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved January 18, 2025– via Newspapers.com .
8. "1898 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2020.