1882 Lafayette football team

The 1882 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1882 college football season. The team was the first to play intercollegiate football for Lafayette, compiling an 0–2 record.[1][2] Henry Craven was the team captain,[3] and W. R. Wilson was the manager.[1]

1882 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainHenry Craven
Seasons
← 1881
1883 →
1882 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     8 0 0
Colorado College     1 0 0
Navy     1 0 0
Richmond     1 0 0
Harvard     7 1 0
Fordham     7 1 0
Princeton     7 2 0
Wesleyan     3 1 0
Rutgers     6 4 0
Columbian University     0 0 1
Dartmouth     1 1 0
Lake Forest     1 1 0
Minnesota     1 1 0
Northwestern     1 1 0
Stevens     1 1 1
Amherst     2 3 0
Penn     2 4 0
CCNY     1 2 0
MIT     1 4 0
Randolph–Macon     0 1 0
Clifton AC     0 1 0
Lafayette     0 2 0
McGill     0 2 0
NYU     0 2 0
Massachusetts     0 3 0
Columbia     0 5 0

In the first game of the season, 1882 Rutgers Queensmen football teamscored eight touchdowns and no goals; Lafayette scored three touchdowns and no goals.[1]

In the second game, Lafayette lost to Penn.

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResult
November 7at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJL 0–8
November 25PennEaston, PAL 0–1

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 124. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "1882 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.