1886 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainFrederick Gutelius
Seasons
← 1885
1887 →
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 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1886 college football season. Playing without a regular coach, the team compiled a 10–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 211 to 75.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 13at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PAW 20–12
October 16RutgersEaston, PAW 28–2
October 18DickinsonEaston, PAW 24–5
October 20PennEaston, PAW 12–0
October 23at StevensHoboken, NJW 5–0[2]
October 30at Penn
L 10–20[3]
November 6LehighEaston, PAW 12–0
November 11at Trinity (CT)
W 12–0[4]
November 13at WesleyanMiddletown, CTL 0–26[5]
November 17at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJW 26–10
November 20StevensEaston, PAW 58–0[6]
November 24at LehighBethlehem, PAW 4–0[7]

References

  1. ^ "1886 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "Finished Under Protest". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 24, 1886. p. 7. Retrieved March 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Pennsylvania Victorious". The Times (Philadelphia). October 31, 1886. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Lafayette vs Trinity". The Hartford Courant. November 12, 1886. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wesleyan 26; Lafayette 0". The Boston Globe. November 14, 1886. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Lafayette's Vigorous Kickers". The Times (Philadelphia). November 21, 1886. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Lafayette Claims the Game". The Times (Philadelphia). November 27, 1886. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.(The outcome was disputed. Lehigh left the field after disagreeing with a call by the referee.)


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