1890 Lehigh football team

1890 Lehigh football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–4
Head coach
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1890 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   11 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   13 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   11 – 1 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   8 – 2 – 0
Navy   –   5 – 1 – 1
Penn   –   11 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   2 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 4 – 0
Lehigh   –   7 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   7 – 4 – 0
Springfield YMCA   –   5 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   5 – 5 – 1
Penn State   –   2 – 2 – 0
Western Univ. Penn   –   2 – 2 – 0
Colgate   –   1 – 1 – 0
Wesleyan   –   5 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 4 – 0
Lafayette   –   2 – 5 – 1
Fordham   –   1 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   2 – 5 – 0
Bucknell   –   1 – 4 – 1
Massachusetts   –   1 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 6 – 1
Army   –   0 – 1 – 0
Geneva   –   0 – 1 – 0

The 1890 Lehigh football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University in the 1890 college football season. The team compiled a 7–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 282 to 125.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4SwarthmoreBethlehem, PAW 50–0
October 11at YaleL 0–26[2]
October 18at PennL 0–82,500[3]
October 25at PrincetonL 0–50[4]
November 1at LafayetteW 30–0[5]
November 4at Rutgers
W 4–2[6]
November 8Lehigh A.C.Bethlehem, PAW 60–6
November 15LafayetteBethlehem, PAW 66–6
November 22PennBethlehem, PAL 14–17[7]
November 27at NavyW 24–4
November 29at Columbia Athletic Club
W 34–6[8]

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References

  1. ^ "1889 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule and Results". College Football Reference. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Yale Defeats Lehigh". The Times (Philadelphia). October 12, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Lehigh Men Outplayed: They Fail to Score a Point Against the University". The Times (Philadelphia). October 19, 1890. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Princeton Scores Against Lehigh". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1890. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Lafayette Suffers a Sore Defeat at the Hands of Lehigh". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 2, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Rutgers and Lehigh Line Up". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1890. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "The 'Varsity Wins Again: In a Well-Played Game They Defeat Lehigh". The Times (Philadelphia). November 23, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Butterworth's Good Run". The Sunday Herald. November 30, 1890. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Lehigh Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved May 9, 2017.