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1894 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–6
Head coach
CaptainSamuel Jordan
Home stadiumMarch Field
Seasons← 18931895 →
1894 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   16 – 0 – 0
Penn   –   12 – 0 – 0
Villanova   –   1 – 0 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 0 – 1
Harvard   –   11 – 2 – 0
Geneva   –   5 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   8 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 1 – 0
Holy Ghost College   –   7 – 2 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   10 – 5 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   2 – 1 – 1
Army   –   3 – 2 – 0
Frankin & Marshall   –   6 – 4 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 4 – 1
Amherst   –   7 – 5 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   4 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 5 – 0
Tufts   –   6 – 5 – 0
Massachusetts   –   3 – 3 – 0
Swarthmore   –   5 – 5 – 0
Western Univ. Penn   –   1 – 1 – 0
Lafayette   –   5 – 6 – 0
New Hampshire   –   2 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   4 – 6 – 0
Lehigh   –   5 – 9 – 0
Williams   –   1 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   1 – 3 – 0
MIT   –   1 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   1 – 6 – 0
Carlisle   –   1 – 8 – 0
Buffalo   –   0 – 2 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 3 – 0
Wesleyan   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1894 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1894 college football season. In its first season under head coach Hugh Janeway, the team compiled a 5–6 record. Samuel Jordan was the team captain. The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 0–403,000
October 3GettysburgEaston, PAW 36–0
October 6at RutgersL 10–12
October 13at CornellL 0–24
October 20at Penn StateL 0–72
October 24SwarthmoreEaston, PAW 46–0
October 31at PennPhiladelphia, PAL 0–26
November 3at Orange Athletic ClubW 18–6
November 14LehighEaston, PA (rivalry)W 28–0
November 24LehighSouth Bethlehem, PAL 8–11
November 29BucknellEaston, PAW 44–0

References

  1. "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. "Princeton, 40; Lafayette, 0". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. September 30, 1894. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Rutgers Starts With Victory". The Inter Ocean. October 7, 1894. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Lafayette, 18; Orange, 6". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 4, 1894. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "1894 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
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