1895 Lafayette football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1895 Lafayette football Independent 6–2 Parke H. Davis 1st Gideon Boericke March Field The 1895 Lafayette football team represented Lafayette College in the 1895 college football season. Lafayette finished with a 6–2 record in their first year under head coach Parke H. Davis. Significant games included victories over Cornell (6–0) and Lehigh (22–12 and 14–6), and losses to Princeton (0–14) and Penn (0–30). The 1895 Lafayette team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 162 to 62. Lafayette won the 1895 Middle States League championship. No Lafayette players received recognition on the 1895 College Football All-America Team. Schedule y y October 5 at Orange Athletic Club Orange Oval Orange, NJ W 12-0 1,500 Lafayette and Orange The Philadelphia Inquirer October 6, 1895 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17329893/lafayette_and_orange/ Newspapers.com October 12 at Princeton University Field Princeton, NJ L 0-14 Princeton, 14; Lafayette, 0 The New York Times October 13, 1895 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16517993/princeton_14_lafayette_0_excellent/ Newspapers.com October 19 at Cornell Percy Field Ithaca, NY W 6-0 Lafayette Beats Cornell The Philadelphia Inquirer October 20, 1895 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17330063/lafayette_beats_cornell/ Newspapers.com October 24 1895 Ursinus Ursinus March Field Easton, PA W 56-0 Lafayette an Easy Winner The Times (Philadelphia) October 25, 1895 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17330168/lafayette_an_easy_winner/ Newspapers.com October 26 at Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia L 0-30 8,500 Foot-Ball on Many Fields: The Lafayette-Pennsylvania Game Was a Disappointment The Times (Philadelphia) October 27, 1895 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17330419/football_on_many_fields_the/ Newspapers.com October 30 Rutgers March Field Easton, PA W 52-0 500 Lafayette Team Wins Easy Game: Defeats Rutgers at Football by a Score of 52 to 0 Chicago Tribune October 31, 1895 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17330595/lafayette_teams_wins_easy_game/ Newspapers.com November 9 at Lehigh Bethlehem, PA (rivalry) W 22-12 November 23 Lehigh March Field Easton, PA W 14-6 1895 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football November 23, 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/lafayette/1895-schedule.html References Lafayette Category:Lafayette Leopards football seasons Lafayette football