1884 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
  • None
CaptainLewis Frey
1884 college football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton    9 0 1
Yale    8 0 1
Michigan    2 0 0
Williams    2 0 0
Navy    1 0 0
Wabash    1 0 0
Penn    5 1 1
Fordham    5 1 0
Harvard    7 4 0
Wesleyan    3 2 0
Butler    1 1 0
Columbia    1 1 0
Rutgers    3 4 0
Stevens    4 5 0
Dartmouth    1 2 1
Tufts    2 4 1
Massachusetts    1 2 0
Lafayette    2 5 0
Johns Hopkins    1 3 0
Albion    0 1 0
CCNY    0 1 0
DePauw    0 1 0
Olivet    0 2 0
Amherst    0 3 0
Lehigh    0 4 0

The 1884 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1884 college football season. Playing without a regular coach, the team compiled a 2–5 record and was outscored by a total of 261 to 88.[1][2] Lewis Frey was the team captain,[3] and F. Drake was the manager.[1] The team played its home games on The Quad in Easton, Pennsylvania.

On October 29, 1884, Lafayette lost to Princeton by a 140–0 score. Princeton's 140 points was the highest score achieved by a team in the history of the sport to that time.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 25LehighEaston, PA (rivalry)W 56–0
October 29at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 0–140[4]
November 1PennEaston, PAL 0–11
November 8at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJL 0–26
November 12at LehighBethlehem, PA (rivalry)W 34–4
November 15StevensEaston, PAL 4–17
November 27at StevensHoboken, NJL 0–52

References

  1. 1 2 "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 124. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  2. "1884 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. 1 2 "The Largest Score on Record: What the Princeton Football Team Accomplished". The New York Times. October 30, 1884. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.


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