1884 Lafayette football team

1884 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
  • None
CaptainLewis Frey
1884 college football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   8 – 0 – 1
Michigan   –   2 – 0 – 0
Williams   –   2 – 0 – 0
Navy   –   1 – 0 – 0
Wabash   –   1 – 0 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 1 – 1
Fordham   –   5 – 1 – 0
Harvard   –   7 – 4 – 0
Wesleyan   –   3 – 2 – 0
Butler   –   1 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 1 – 0
Rutgers   –   3 – 4 – 0
Stevens   –   4 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   1 – 2 – 1
Tufts   –   2 – 4 – 1
Massachusetts   –   1 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   2 – 5 – 0
Johns Hopkins   –   1 – 3 – 0
Albion   –   0 – 1 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 1 – 0
Denver   –   0 – 1 – 0
DePauw   –   0 – 1 – 0
Olivet   –   0 – 2 – 0
Amherst   –   0 – 3 – 0
Lehigh   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1884 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1884 college football season. Playing without a regular coach, the team compiled a 2–5 record and was outscored by a total of 261 to 88.[1][2] Lewis Frey was the team captain,[3] and F. Drake was the manager.[1] The team played its home games on The Quad in Easton, Pennsylvania.

On October 29, 1884, Lafayette lost to Princeton by a 140–0 score. Princeton's 140 points was the highest score achieved by a team in the history of the sport to that time.[4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 25LehighEaston, PA (rivalry)W 56–0
October 2912:30 p.m.at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 0–140[4]
November 1PennEaston, PAL 0–21[5]
November 8at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJL 0–26[6]
November 12at LehighBethlehem, PAW 34–4
November 15StevensEaston, PAL 4–17
November 27at StevensL 0–522,000[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 124. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "1884 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. ^ a b "The Largest Score on Record: What the Princeton Football Team Accomplished". The New York Times. October 30, 1884. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Kicking The Ball". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 3, 1884. p. 2.
  6. ^ "One-Sided Game Of Football". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 9, 1884. p. 7. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Hoboken Happenings". The Jersey Journal. Jersey City, New Jersey. November 28, 1884. p. 3. Retrieved January 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.