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1893 Lafayette football team

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1893 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6
Head coach
CaptainErnest Edwards
Home stadiumThe Quad
Seasons
← 1892
1894 →
1893 Eastern college football independents records
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

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 304:10 p.m.at PrincetonL 0–201,200–3,000[4][5]
October 4Temperance A.A.Easton, PAW 6–0
October 73:30 p.m.at ArmyWest Point, NYL 0–36[6]
October 14at Orange Athletic ClubL 0–6[7][8]
October 25at Stevens
W 12–10[9]
October 28at Penn
W 0–82[10]
November 8at LehighBethlehem, PA (rivalry)L 6–22[11]
November 11RutgersEaston PAW (forfeit)
November 18LehighEaston PAL 0–10[12]

References

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  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 Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Princeton Satisfied". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 1, 1893. p. 4. Retrieved September 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  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 Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Football At Orange". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 14, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved September 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  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 Open access icon.
  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 Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Lafayette Failed To Score". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1893. p. 9. Retrieved September 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.