1891 Lehigh football team

1891 Lehigh football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–4
Head coach
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1891 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   13 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   13 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   12 – 1 – 0
Tufts   –   7 – 1 – 0
Penn   –   11 – 2 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 1 – 0
Army   –   4 – 1 – 1
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 1
Navy   –   5 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 3 – 0
Geneva   –   4 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   4 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   7 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   8 – 6 – 0
Brown   –   4 – 6 – 0
Springfield YMCA   –   5 – 8 – 1
Fordham   –   1 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 7 – 0
Massachusetts   –   2 – 5 – 0
Western Univ. Penn.   –   2 – 6 – 0
Lafayette   –   2 – 9 – 1
NYU   –   1 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 5 – 0
Wesleyan   –   1 – 6 – 0

The 1891 Lehigh football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1891 college football season. The team compiled a 7–6 record and was outscored by a total of 198 to 174.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26BucknellBethlehem, PAW 62–4[2]
October 3Penn StateBethlehem, PAW 24–2[3]
October 8PrincetonBethlehem, PAL 0–182,000[4]
October 10Franklin & MarshallBethlehem, PAW 22–0
October 14at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 0–30
October 17RutgersBethlehem, PAW 22–01,000[5]
October 24PennBethlehem, PAL 0–42[6]
October 31at YaleNew Haven, CTL 0–38[7]
November 4LafayetteBethlehem, PA (rivalry)L 4–22
November 7at CornellIthaca, NYL 0–241,500[8]
November 11at Lafayette
W 6–21,500[9]
November 21at PennPhiladelphia, PAL 0–32[10]
November 25vs. LafayetteWilkes-Barre, PAW 16–2[11]

References

  1. ^ "1891 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Tables Turned". The Morning News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. September 28, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Lehigh Wins Easily: They Walk Away From the Strong State College Eleven". The Times. October 4, 1891. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Princeton Defeats Lehigh". The Times. October 9, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "On the Field at Bethlehem". The Times. October 18, 1891. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "'Varsity Boys Beat Lehigh". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 25, 1891 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Yale Wins From Lehigh". The New York Times. November 1, 1891 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Cornell Defeats Lehigh". The New York Times. November 8, 1891 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Lehigh, 6; Lafayette, 2". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 12, 1891 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Between the Goals: Lehigh Was No Match for Pennsylvania". The Times. November 22, 1892. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Lehigh-Lafayette". The Wilkes-Barre Record. November 26, 1891. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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