1886 Lafayette football team

1886 Lafayette football
Conference	Independent
Record	10–2
Head coach	None
Captain	Frederick Gutelius

1886 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					7	–	0	–	1
Harvard			–					12	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					10	–	2	–	0
Williams			–					5	–	1	–	1
Massachusetts			–					2	–	1	–	0
Penn			–					9	–	7	–	1
Lehigh			–					4	–	3	–	1
Dartmouth			–					2	–	2	–	0
Amherst			–					3	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	3	–	0
Wesleyan			–					2	–	6	–	0
MIT			–					2	–	6	–	1
Vermont			–					0	–	1	–	0
Stevens			–					0	–	7	–	1
Tufts			–					0	–	8	–	0
NYU			–					0	–	3	–	0
Swarthmore			–							–
Trinity (CT)			–							–

The 1886 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1886 college football season. Playing without a regular coach, the team compiled a 10–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 211 to 75.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 13	at Swarthmore	Swarthmore, PA	W 20–12
October 16	Rutgers	Easton, PA	W 28–2
October 18	Dickinson	Easton, PA	W 24–5
October 20	Penn	Easton, PA	W 12–0
October 23	at Stevens	Hoboken, NJ	W 5–0	[2]
October 30	at Penn	University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA	L 10–20	[3]
November 6	Lehigh	Easton, PA	W 12–0
November 11	at Trinity (CT)	Ward Street grounds Hartford, CT	W 12–0	[4]
November 13	at Wesleyan	Middletown, CT	L 0–26	[5]
November 17	at Rutgers	New Brunswick, NJ	W 26–10
November 20	Stevens	Easton, PA	W 58–0	[6]
November 24	at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA	W 4–0	[7]

References

1. "1886 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
2. "Finished Under Protest". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 24, 1886. p. 7. Retrieved March 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "Pennsylvania Victorious". The Times (Philadelphia). October 31, 1886. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Lafayette vs Trinity". The Hartford Courant. November 12, 1886. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Wesleyan 26; Lafayette 0". The Boston Globe. November 14, 1886. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Lafayette's Vigorous Kickers". The Times (Philadelphia). November 21, 1886. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Lafayette Claims the Game". The Times (Philadelphia). November 27, 1886. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.(The outcome was disputed. Lehigh left the field after disagreeing with a call by the referee.)