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1890 Lehigh football team

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1890 Lehigh football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–4
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
← 1889
1891 →
1890 Eastern college football independents records
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
NYU     2 4 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

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]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4SwarthmoreBethlehem, PAW 50–0
October 11at YaleL 0–26[2]
October 18at Penn
L 0–82,500[3]
October 25at PrincetonL 0–50[4]
November 1at LafayetteW 30–0[5]
November 4at Rutgers
W 4–2[6]
November 8Lehigh A.C.Bethlehem, PAW 60–6
November 15LafayetteBethlehem, PAW 66–6
November 22PennBethlehem, PAL 14–17[7]
November 27at NavyW 24–4
November 29at Columbia Athletic Club
W 34–6[8]

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References

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  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]