1900 Lehigh football team

1900 Lehigh football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–6
Head coach	Walter R. Okeson (1st season)
Seasons ←  1899 1901  →

1900 Eastern college football independents records

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

The 1900 Lehigh football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1900 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Walter R. Okeson, the team compiled a 5–6 record and was outscored by a total of 172 to 79. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–27
October 6	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 5–12		[2] [3]
October 13	Bucknell	Bethlehem, PA	W 12–6
October 20	Rutgers	Bethlehem, PA	W 21–0		[4]
October 24	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–15
November 3	Lafayette	Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	L 0–34
November 10	at Haverford	Haverford, PA	W 11–10		[5]
November 14	at Dickinson	Carlisle, PA	W 6–0		[6]
November 17	at Homestead Library & Athletic Club	Steel Works Park Homestead, PA	L 0–50		[7]
November 24	at Lafayette	March Field Easton, PA	L 0–18		[8]
November 29	Swarthmore	Bethlehem, PA	W 18–0

References

1. "1900 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
2. "Princeton, 12; Lehigh, 5". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 7, 1900. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Tigers Scored on by Lehigh". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 7, 1900. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.(Osborne Field)
4. "Lehigh wins easily from Rutgers team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1900. Retrieved September 19, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Lehigh Wins Again". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 15, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved July 19, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
6. "Lehigh Won". Wilkes-Barre Leader . Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. November 15, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved July 19, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
7. "Homestead Won By A Large Majority". The Pittsburgh Press . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 18, 1900. p. 14. Retrieved July 19, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
8. "Lehigh Holds Lafayette Team To 18 Points". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 25, 1900. p. 13. Retrieved July 19, 2021– via Newspapers.com .