1896 Lehigh football team

The 1896 Lehigh football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1896 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach L. N. Morris, the team compiled a 2–5 record and was outscored by a total of 130 to 80.[1]

1896 Lehigh football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
Seasons
← 1895
1897 →
1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Fordham     1 0 0
Lafayette     11 0 1
Princeton     10 0 1
Washington & Jefferson     8 0 1
Penn     14 1 0
Yale     13 1 0
Pittsburgh College     11 2 0
Buffalo     9 1 2
Villanova     10 4 0
Bucknell     5 2 1
Harvard     7 4 0
Boston College     5 3 0
Storrs     5 3 0
Cornell     5 3 1
Syracuse     5 3 2
Temple     3 2 0
Army     3 2 1
Rutgers     6 6 0
Carlisle     5 5 0
Holy Cross     2 2 2
Brown     4 5 1
Wesleyan     4 5 1
Frankin & Marshall     3 4 2
Geneva     3 4 0
Penn State     3 4 0
Colgate     3 4 1
Amherst     3 6 1
Western Univ. Penn.     3 6 0
Lehigh     2 5 0
Tufts     2 6 1
Swarthmore     2 6 0
New Hampshire     1 4 0
Drexel     1 5 0
Massachusetts     0 4 0
Rhode Island     0 4 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 10at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 0–16[2]
October 14RutgersSouth Bethlehem, PAW 44–0[3]
October 17at PennL 0–34
October 24at BrownProvidence, RIL 0–16300[4]
October 31vs. Michigan
L 0–402,000–3,000[5][6]
November 7at NavyL 10–24
November 14Maryland Athletic ClubBethlehem, PAW 26–0

References

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  1. ^ "1896 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "Princeton, 16; Lehigh, 0". The Philadelphia Times. October 11, 1896. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Lehigh, 44; Rutgers, 0". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 15, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Fought Like Tigers". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "Won the Eastern Game: Lehigh Failed to Score on the Men from Michigan". The U. of M. Daily. November 2, 1896. p. 1 – via Bentley Historical Library.
  6. ^ "Won It Easily: Michigan Had No Trouble with the Lehigh Players". Detroit Free Press. November 1, 1896. pp. 6–7 – via Newspapers.com.