1890 Lafayette football team

1890 Lafayette football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5–1
Head coach	None
Captain	Joseph Fox

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
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 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1890 college football season. Playing without a regular coach, the team compiled a 2–5–1 record and was outscored by a total of 166 to 100. Joseph Fox was the team captain, and G. Harvey was the manager. The team played its home games on The Quad in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1		Dickinson	The Quad Easton, PA	W 54–0
October 4		Bucknell	The Quad Easton, PA	T 0–0
October 11		at Franklin & Marshall	McGrann's Park Lancaster, PA	L 10–18	> 1,200
October 22		at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 6–26
November 1		Lehigh	The Quad Easton, PA (rivalry)	L 0–30
November 15		at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA	L 6–60
November 21	3:30 p.m.	at Virginia	Madison Hall Field Charlottesville, VA	L 14–20
November 22		at Columbia Athletic Club	Capitol Park Washington, DC	W 20–6