1890 Lehigh football team

The 1890 Lehigh football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University in the 1890 college football season. The team compiled a 7–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 282 to 125.^[1]

1890 Lehigh football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–4
Head coach	None
Seasons ← 1889 1891 →

1890 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					11	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					11	–	1	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					8	–	2	–	0
Navy			–					5	–	1	–	1
Penn			–					11	–	3	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					2	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					7	–	4	–	0
Springfield YMCA			–					5	–	3	–	0
Lehigh			–					6	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					3	–	2	–	0
Rutgers			–					5	–	5	–	1
Penn State			–					2	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					1	–	1	–	0
Wesleyan			–					5	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	3	–	0
Western Univ. Penn			–					1	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					2	–	5	–	1
Brown			–					2	–	5	–	0
Bucknell			–					1	–	4	–	1
Fordham			–					1	–	3	–	1
Massachusetts			–					1	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	1
Army			–					0	–	1	–	0
Geneva			–					0	–	1	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Swarthmore	Bethlehem, PA	W 50–0
October 11	at Yale	Hamilton Park New Haven, CT	L 0–26		^[2]
October 18	at Penn	University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA	L 0–8	2,500	^[3]
October 25	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–50		^[4]
November 1	at Lafayette	The Quad Easton, PA (The Rivalry)	W 30–0		^[5]
November 4	at Rutgers	College Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 4–2		^[6]
November 8	Lehigh A.C.	Bethlehem, PA	W 60–6
November 15	Lafayette	Bethlehem, PA	W 66–6
November 22	Penn	Bethlehem, PA	L 14–17		^[7]
November 27	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 24–4
November 29	at Columbia Athletic Club	Capitol Park Washington, DC	W 34–6		^[8]

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References

1. "1889 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule and Results". College Football Reference. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
2. "Yale Defeats Lehigh". The Times (Philadelphia). October 12, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Lehigh Men Outplayed: They Fail to Score a Point Against the University". The Times (Philadelphia). October 19, 1890. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Princeton Scores Against Lehigh". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1890. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Lafayette Suffers a Sore Defeat at the Hands of Lehigh". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 2, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Rutgers and Lehigh Line Up". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1890. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "The 'Varsity Wins Again: In a Well-Played Game They Defeat Lehigh". The Times (Philadelphia). November 23, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Butterworth's Good Run". The Sunday Herald. November 30, 1890. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Lehigh Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved May 9, 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}