1889 Lafayette football team

1889 Lafayette football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–4–2
Head coach	None
Captain	Harry Mackey

1889 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					10	–	0	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					15	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					9	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	1	–	1
Dickinson			–					4	–	1	–	1
Navy			–					4	–	1	–	1
Tufts			–					3	–	1	–	0
Lehigh			–					8	–	3	–	2
Cornell			–					8	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					7	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	2	–	0
Penn State			–					2	–	2	–	0
Delaware			–					1	–	1	–	1
Wesleyan			–					5	–	7	–	1
Bucknell			–					2	–	3	–	1
Lafayette			–					3	–	4	–	2
Columbia			–					2	–	7	–	2
Fordham			–					1	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					0	–	2	–	0

The 1889 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1889 college football season. Playing without a regular coach, the team compiled a 3–4–2 record and was outscored by a total of 88 to 78. Harry Mackey was the team captain, and E. Snodgrass was the manager. The team played its home games on The Quad in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 9	at Columbia	Berkeley Oval New York, NY	T 10–10
October 12	at Cornell	Ithaca, NY	L 0–10
October 16	at Rutgers	New Brunswick, NJ	W 16–0
October 30	at Lehigh	University grounds South Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	L 10–16
November 6	Penn	The Quad Easton, PA	W 10–8
November 9	Penn State	The Quad Easton, PA	W 26–0
November 16	Lehigh	The Quad Easton, PA	T 6–6	2,000
November 23	at Penn	University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA	L 0–14
November 28	vs. Cornell	Star Park Syracuse, NY	L 0–24