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American college football season

1883 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–4
Head coach
  • None
CaptainTheodore Welles
Seasons← 18821884 →
1883 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     9 0 0
Gallaudet     2 0 0
Carleton     1 0 0
Johns Hopkins     1 0 0
NYU     1 0 0
Harvard     8 2 0
Princeton     7 1 0
Penn     6 2 1
Stevens     6 4 1
Massachusetts     1 1 0
Minnesota     1 1 0
Wesleyan     3 3 0
Williams     1 1 0
Fordham     4 5 0
Michigan     2 3 0
Lafayette     2 4 0
Johns Hopkins     1 2 0
Columbia     1 3 0
Rutgers     1 6 0
Amherst     0 1 0
Dartmouth     0 1 0
Hamline     0 1 0
Lewisburg     0 1 0
Navy     0 1 0
CCNY     0 2 0
Columbian University     0 2 0
Georgetown     0 2 0

The 1883 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1883 college football season. Playing without a regular coach, the team compiled a 2–4 record and was outscored by a total of 126 to 110. Theodore Welles was the team captain, and F. Drake was the manager. The team played its home games on The Quad in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 22at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 6–53
October 27PennEaston, PAL 6–44
November 3StevensEaston, PAL 4–14
November 10RutgersEaston, PAW 25–0
November 26at StevensHoboken, NJL 11–14
November 30at LewisburgLewisburg, PAW 59–0

References

  1. ^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 124. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  2. "1883 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. "Football Between Princeton and Lafayette". The Times (Philadelphia). October 23, 1883. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "State News Notes". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 12, 1883. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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