1898 Lafayette football team

1898 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–8
Head coach
CaptainCharles Best
Home stadiumMarch Field
1898 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   11 – 0 – 0
Drexel   –   7 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   11 – 0 – 1
Penn   –   12 – 1 – 0
Buffalo   –   8 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   10 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   9 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   9 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   9 – 2 – 0
Dickinson   –   8 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 2 – 1
Wesleyan   –   7 – 3 – 0
Western Penn.   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   6 – 4 – 0
Carlisle   –   6 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   6 – 4 – 1
Army   –   3 – 2 – 1
Vermont   –   3 – 2 – 1
Holy Cross   –   5 – 4 – 1
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 3
Fordham   –   1 – 1 – 2
Frankin & Marshall   –   4 – 4 – 2
New Hampshire   –   4 – 4 – 0
Amherst   –   4 – 5 – 1
Villanova   –   2 – 4 – 1
Lehigh   –   3 – 6 – 1
Boston College   –   2 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 5 – 0
  –   3 – 8 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 6 – 1
Tufts   –   1 – 9 – 0
Geneva   –   0 – 6 – 1

The 1898 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In its first season under head coach Samuel B. Newton, the team compiled a 3–8 record. Charles Best was the team captain.[1] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1VillanovaEaston, PAW 16–0[2]
October 5vs. Washington & Jefferson
L 0–162,500[3]
October 8Penn StateEaston, PAL 0–5
October 12at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 0–342,000[4]
October 15DickinsonEaston, PAL 6–12[5]
October 22at Penn
L 0–32
October 29at Navy
L 0–18
November 5at LehighBethlehem, PA (rivalry)L 0–22
November 12at Cornell
L 0–47
November 192:00 p.m.BucknellEaston, PAW 6–0[6][7]
November 24LehighEaston, PAW 11–5

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References

  1. ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Lafayette Beat Villanova". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 2, 1898. p. 9. Retrieved November 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
  3. ^ "Lafayette No Match For Frisky W. & J." The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 6, 1898. p. 6. Retrieved September 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
  4. ^ "Princeton's Rocky Play: Lafayette Put Up a Good Game, But Were Thoroughly Beaten". The Philadelphia Times. October 13, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Another for Lafayette: This Time Dickinson Sent Them Off the Field Defeated". The Philadelphia Times. October 16, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Lafayette Won". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 20, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  7. ^ "Lafayette Wins". Lewisburg Journal. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. November 25, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  8. ^ "1898 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
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