Lehigh football, 1884–1889

The Lehigh football team (later known as the Lehigh Mountain Hawks) represented Lehigh University of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in American football. Significant points in this, the first decade of Lehigh football, included the following:

  • The Lehigh football program started on October 25, 1884, with a 50–0 loss to Lafayette. The team lost all four games in 1884 by a combined score of 181 to 16.
  • Lehigh won its first intercollegiate football game on November 14, 1885, defeating Rutgers by a 10–5 score.
  • Lehigh's first winning season was in 1886 when the team compiled a 4–3–1 record.
  • The 1888 team became one of the sport's leading teams, compiling a 10–2 record and shutting out seven oppoinents, including Bucknell (74–0), Rutgers (30–0), Penn State (30–0), and Cornell (4–0).
  • On November 11, 1889, Lehigh shut out Penn State, 106–0, the worst defeat in the history of the Penn State football program.

The Lehigh football team did not have a coach during the 1880s.

1884

1884 Lehigh football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–4
Head coach
  • None
1884 college football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   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
Denver   –   0 – 1 – 0
DePauw   –   0 – 1 – 0
Olivet   –   0 – 2 – 0
Amherst   –   0 – 3 – 0
Lehigh   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1884 Lehigh football team represented Lehigh University in the 1884 college football season. The team compiled an 0–4 record.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 25at Lafayette
L 0–50
November 1at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJL 0–61
November 12LafayetteBethlehem, PAL 4–34
November 15HaverfordBethlehem, PAL 12–36

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1885

1885 Lehigh football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–5–1
Head coach
  • None
1885 college football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
Michigan   –   3 – 0 – 0
Colorado College   –   1 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 1 – 0
Cincinnati   –   1 – 0 – 1
Penn   –   8 – 5 – 0
Lafayette   –   3 – 2 – 1
Massachusetts   –   3 – 2 – 1
Johns Hopkins   –   2 – 2 – 0
Richmond   –   1 – 1 – 0
Wesleyan   –   3 – 4 – 0
Navy   –   1 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   1 – 5 – 1
Rutgers   –   0 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1885 Lehigh football team represented Lehigh University in the 1885 college football season. The team compiled a 1–5–1 record.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 10at PennPhiladelphia, PAL 0–54
October 17at HaverfordHaverford, PAL 8–24
October 31Lafayette
L 0–6 (forfeit)[4]
November 7StevensBethlehem, PAL 4–20
November 14RutgersBethlehem, PAW 10–5
November 18at PennPhiladelphia, PAL 0–35
November 21at LafayetteEaston, PAT 6–6[5]

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1886

1886 Lehigh football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–1
Head coach
  • None
1886 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   9 – 0 – 1
Princeton   –   7 – 0 – 1
Harvard   –   12 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   10 – 2 – 0
Williams   –   5 – 1 – 1
Massachusetts   –   2 – 1 – 0
Penn   –   9 – 7 – 1
Lehigh   –   4 – 3 – 1
Dartmouth   –   2 – 2 – 0
Amherst   –   3 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 3 – 0
Wesleyan   –   2 – 6 – 0
MIT   –   2 – 6 – 1
Vermont   –   0 – 1 – 0
Stevens   –   0 – 7 – 1
Tufts   –   0 – 8 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 3 – 0
Swarthmore   –     –  
Trinity (CT)   –     –  

The 1886 Lehigh football team represented Lehigh University in the 1886 college football season. The team compiled a 4–3–1 record.[7]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 9at PennPhiladelphia, PAL 4–26
October 16at DickinsonCarlisle, PAW 26–0
October 30at StevensHoboken, NJT 0–0
November 6at LafayetteEaston, PA (The Rivalry)L 0–12
November 13StevensBethlehem, PAW 14–0[8]
November 18PennBethlehem, PAW 28–0
November 20HaverfordBethlehem, PAW 18–4
November 24LafayetteBethlehem, PAL 0–4

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1887

1887 Lehigh football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3
Head coach
  • None
1887 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   9 – 0 – 0
Penn State   –   2 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   10 – 1 – 0
Lafayette   –   7 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   7 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   4 – 3 – 0
Williams   –   3 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 7 – 0
Wesleyan   –   4 – 5 – 0
Tufts   –   4 – 6 – 0
Massachusetts   –   2 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 6 – 0
Bucknell   –   0 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   0 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   0 – 2 – 0
Vermont   –   0 – 2 – 0

The 1887 Lehigh football team represented Lehigh University in the 1887 college football season. The team compiled a 4–3 record.[10]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 8SwarthmoreBethlehem, PAW 24–0[11]
October 15at Princeton
L 0–80[12]
October 22DickinsonBethlehem, PAW 20–0
October 29LafayetteBethlehem, PA (The Rivalry)W 10–4
November 12at PennPhiladelphia, PAL 4–6
November 23at Lafayette
L 0–6
November 26vs. CornellElmira, NYW 38–10[13]

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1888

1888 Lehigh football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–2
Head coach
  • None
1888 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   13 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   12 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   11 – 1 – 0
Lehigh   –   10 – 2 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   5 – 1 – 1
Lafayette   –   6 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   4 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   9 – 7 – 0
Bucknell   –   2 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   1 – 2 – 0
Massachusetts   –   2 – 4 – 0
Wesleyan   –   2 – 7 – 0
Worcester Tech   –   1 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 6 – 1
Penn State   –   0 – 2 – 1
Swarthmore   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1888 Lehigh football team represented Lehigh University in the 1888 college football season. The team compiled a 10–2 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29at Princeton
L 0–75[15]
October 6SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PAW 12–8
October 11BucknellBethlehem, PAW 74–0[16]
October 13RutgersBethlehem, PAW 30–0[17]
October 17HaverfordBethlehem, PAW 16–6
October 20SwarthmoreBethlehem, PAW 50–0
October 27PennBethlehem, PAL 0–36
November 3at Penn State
W 30–0
November 10at StevensHoboken, NJW 10–0
November 17at Lafayette
W 6–4
November 27LafayetteBethlehem, PAW 16–0
December 1at CornellElmira, NYW 4–0

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1889

1889 Lehigh football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–3–2
Head coach
  • None
1889 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   10 – 0 – 0
Massachusetts   –   2 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   15 – 1 – 0
Harvard   –   9 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 1 – 1
Dickinson   –   4 – 1 – 1
Navy   –   4 – 1 – 1
Tufts   –   3 – 1 – 0
Lehigh   –   8 – 3 – 2
Cornell   –   8 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 6 – 0
Brown   –   2 – 2 – 0
Penn State   –   2 – 2 – 0
Wesleyan   –   5 – 7 – 1
Bucknell   –   2 – 3 – 1
Lafayette   –   3 – 4 – 2
Columbia   –   2 – 7 – 2
Fordham   –   1 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 2 – 0

The 1889 Lehigh football team represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1889 college football season. The team compiled an 8–3–2 record.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 52:40 p.m.at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 0–16[19][20]
October 10PrincetonBethlehem, PAL 4–16[21]
October 163:30 p.m.Haverford
W 60–0[22][23]
October 193:15 p.m.at Penn
L 4–6[24]
October 30Lafayette
W 16–10[25]
November 2at Columbia
W 51–61,500[26][27]
November 11Penn StateSouth Bethlehem, PAW 106–0[28]
November 16at Lafayette
T 6–62,000[29]
November 20PennBethlehem, PAW 8–0[30]
November 22vs. Wesleyan
T 11–11[31]
November 2810:45 a.m.at NavyAnnapolis, MDW 26–6[32]
November 293:38 p.m.vs. Johns Hopkins
W 40–01,000[33]
November 30at Virginia
W 26–12[34]

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