1894 Lafayette football team

American college football season

1894 Lafayette football

Conference| Independent
Record| 5–6
Head coach|

* Hugh Janeway (1st season)

Captain| Samuel Jordan
Home stadium| March Field

Seasons

<- 1893

1895 ->

1894 Eastern college football independents records

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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. Samuel Jordan was the team captain.[1] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 29| at Princeton| Princeton, NJ| L 0–40| 3,000| [2]
October 3| Gettysburg| Easton, PA| W 36–0| |
October 6| at Rutgers|

* Neilson Field
* New Brunswick, NJ

| L 10–12| | [3]
October 13| at Cornell|

* Percy Field
* Ithaca, NY

| L 0–24| |
October 20| at Penn State|

* Beaver Field
* State College, PA

| L 0–72| |
October 24| Swarthmore| Easton, PA| W 46–0| |
October 31| at Penn| Philadelphia, PA| L 0–26| |
November 3| at Orange Athletic Club|

* Orange Oval
* East Orange, NJ

| W 18–6| | [4]
November 14| Lehigh| Easton, PA (rivalry)| W 28–0| |
November 24| Lehigh| South Bethlehem, PA| L 8–11| |
November 29| Bucknell| Easton, PA| W 44–0| | [5]

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## References

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1. ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
2. ^ "Princeton, 40; Lafayette, 0". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. September 30, 1894. p. 11 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Rutgers Starts With Victory". The Inter Ocean. October 7, 1894. p. 11 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Lafayette, 18; Orange, 6". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 4, 1894. p. 3 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Lafayette and Bucknell". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 30, 1894. p. 9. Retrieved January 12, 2025 - via Newspapers.com .
6. ^ "1894 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2020.

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Lafayette Leopards football

Venues|

* The Quad (1882–1893)
* March Field (1894–1925)
* Fisher Stadium (1926–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Lehigh: The Rivalry

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* The Leopard
* "On, Lafayette!"
* Leopard Pride
* 1949 Sun Bowl controversy

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