1894 Lafayette football team

American college football season

1894 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–6
Head coach
  • Hugh Janeway (1st season)
CaptainSamuel Jordan
Home stadiumMarch Field
Seasons
← 1893
1895 →
1894 Eastern college football independents records
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     16 0 0
Penn     12 0 0
Villanova     1 0 0
Penn State     6 0 1
Harvard     11 2 0
Geneva     5 1 0
Princeton     8 2 0
Temple     4 1 0
Holy Ghost College     7 2 1
Washington & Jefferson     5 2 1
Brown     10 5 0
Bucknell     5 3 0
Colgate     2 1 1
Army     3 2 0
Frankin & Marshall     6 4 0
Cornell     6 4 1
Amherst     7 5 0
Trinity (CT)     4 3 0
Syracuse     6 5 0
Tufts     6 5 0
Massachusetts     3 3 0
Swarthmore     5 5 0
Western Univ. Penn     1 1 0
Lafayette     5 6 0
New Hampshire     2 3 0
Rutgers     4 6 0
Lehigh     5 9 0
Williams     1 3 0
Drexel     1 3 0
MIT     1 4 0
Boston College     1 6 0
Carlisle     1 8 0
Buffalo     0 2 0
NYU     0 3 0
Wesleyan     0 5 0

The 1894 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1894 college football season. In its first season under head coach Hugh Janeway, the team compiled a 5–6 record.[1][2] Samuel Jordan was the team captain.[3] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 29at PrincetonL 0–40
October 3GettysburgW 36–0
October 6at RutgersL 10–12
October 13at CornellL 0–34
October 20at Penn StateL 0–72
October 24Swarthmore
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 46–0
October 31at PennL 0–26
November 3at Orange A.A.W 18–6
November 14LehighW 28–0
November 24at LehighL 8–11
November 29BucknellW 44–0

References

  1. ^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 124. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "1894 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
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