1884 Lafayette football team

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.

1884 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
1884 record2–5
Head coach
  • None
CaptainLewis Frey
1884 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W 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

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. "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. "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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