1886 Lafayette football team

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

1886 Eastern college football independents records

	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.

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
October 30	at Penn	University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA	L 10–20
November 6	Lehigh	Easton, PA	W 12–0
November 11	at Trinity (CT)	Ward Street grounds Hartford, CT	W 12–0
November 13	at Wesleyan	Middletown, CT	L 0–26
November 17	at Rutgers	New Brunswick, NJ	W 26–10
November 20	Stevens	Easton, PA	W 58–0
November 24	at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA	W 4–0