1891 Lehigh football team

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1891 Lehigh football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–4
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
← 1890
1892 →
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
Navy     5 2 0
Cornell     7 3 0
Geneva     4 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     4 2 0
Lehigh     7 4 0
Delaware     5 3 1
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
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[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29BucknellBethlehem, PAW 62–4
October 3Penn StateBethlehem, PAW 24–2[2]
October 8PrincetonBethlehem, PAL 0–182,000[3]
October 10Franklin & MarshallBethlehem, PAW 22–0
October 14at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 0–30
October 17RutgersBethlehem, PAW 22–01,000[4]
October 24PennBethlehem, PAL 0–42[5]
October 31at YaleNew Haven, CTL 0–38[6]
November 4LafayetteBethlehem, PA (rivalry)L 0–38
November 7at CornellIthaca, NYL 0–241,500[7]
November 11at Lafayette
W 6–21,500[8]
November 21at PennPhiladelphia, PAL 0–32[9]
November 25vs. LafayetteWilkes-Barre, PA (rivalry)W 16–2[10]

References[edit]

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