1889 Lehigh football
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Record8–3–2
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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
Delaware   –   1 – 1 – 1
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 in the 1889 college football season. The team finished with an overall record of 8–3–2.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 52:40 p.m.at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 0–16[2][3]
October 12PrincetonBethlehem, PAL 4–16
October 16at HaverfordHaverford, PAW 60–0
October 19at PennPhiladelphia, PAL 4–6
October 30LafayetteBethlehem, PA (The Rivalry)W 16–10
November 2ColumbiaBethlehem, PAW 51–6
November 11Penn StateBethlehem, PAW 106–0
November 16at Lafayette
T 6–6
November 20PennBethlehem, PAW 8–0
November 22vs. Wesleyan
T 11–11[4]
November 28at NavyAnnapolis, MDW 26–6
November 30at Johns HopkinsBaltimore, MDW 40–0
December 1at Virginia
W 26–12[5]

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References

  1. ^ "1889 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule and Results". College Football Reference. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "Princeton's Opening Day". The Philadelphia Times. October 6, 1889. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "All on Princeton's Side". The Boston Globe. October 6, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "A Tie Game". The Meriden Daily Journal. Meriden, Connecticut. November 23, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Football in Virginia". Chattanooga Daily Times. Chattanooga, Tennessee. December 2, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved June 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Lehigh Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved May 9, 2017.[permanent dead link]


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