Rutgers at Lafayette
Saturday, October 15, 1892 Share
Rutgers beat Lafayette 16–8. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Lafayette led the series 7–3.
Final0.33 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Pittsburg dispatch, Pittsburg [Pa.], October 16, 1892, page 5
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FOOTBALL EVERYWHERE. At New York-Manhattan A. c.. 0: Yale, q At New York-N. Y. A. c., 6; Stevens In stitute, 10. At Easton Rutgers 16: Lafayette, 8. At Cambridge-Howard.53 50; Williams. o. At Gettysburg-Gettysburg lS; Dickinson, At Canadaigua, N. Y.-Untversity of Rochester, 90: Canandaigua Academy, 6. At Orange, N. J.-Seton Hall College, u; BroOKlyn Polytecnics, O. At Amherst. Mass-Amherst IA; Massachusotts Institute Of Technology, O. At Swarthmore-Swarthm g.; Phfladelphia Select team, O. At bersburg-Dickinson Prepare tory, 10: Academy, L. At Haverford, Pa.-Haverford, 40; Della ware College, 0. At Lewisburg, Pa.-Bucknell, q; Franklin and Marr Hall, T. AtOrange, N. J.-Orange A. c., g. Lehigh,4.

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 17, 1892, page 9 (results column)
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Saturdays Foot Ball Games. Saturdays Foot Ball Games. The foot ball games played Saturday resuited as follows: University Of Pennsylvania, %; Crescent A. c., o. Yale, %; Manhattan A. c., o. Princeton. %: Naval Cadets, O. Harvard, So; Williams, O. Stevens Institute. TO- New York A. c., 6. Orange A. c.. 8; Lehigh, 4. Rutgers, 16; Lafayette, 8. Staten Island C. c., &c; New Jersey A. c.. O. Union. II, Troy Laureate. 8. Bucknell, %; Franklin and Marshall, IL. Amherst. IL Mass. Tech, O.. Seton Hall, ~; Polytechnic, o. Harvard, “a, “a: Phillips, Exeter, O. Bowdoin, IS; Colby, 0. st. Johns Academy, 10; Hobart, 4. Yale Freshmen, AZ: Hopkins School, O. Germantown, 10; A. C. s. N, 6. Haverford, 40; Delaware College, 0. Y. NJ. G. A, %; Haddonfeld, 0. Rugby, 10; Drexel, 4. Pennsylvania College. 10; Dickinson, 6. Boston A. A, 80; Dartmouth, 8.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Lafayette 56% to win. Rutgers won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Rutgers–Lafayette gameRutgers leads 35–16–1 in 52 meetings, counting the 42 since this game.
| 1975 | Rutgers 48, Lafayette 6 | |
| 1974 | Rutgers 35, Lafayette 0 | |
| 1973 | Rutgers 35, Lafayette 6 | |
| 1972 | Rutgers 21, Lafayette 7 | |
| 1971 | Lafayette 13, Rutgers 7 | |
| 1970 | Rutgers 41, Lafayette 16 |
Around this game
Rutgers
- Next gameat New York A.C.Oct. 22, 1892
- SeasonRutgers in 1892
- ProgramRutgers history and records
Lafayette
- Next gameat Columbia A.C.Oct. 21, 1892
- SeasonLafayette in 1892
- ProgramLafayette history and records

