Rutgers at Lafayette

Saturday, October 15, 1892

Rutgers beat Lafayette 16–⁠8. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Lafayette led the series 7–⁠3.

AwayRutgers3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1892
16
HomeLafayette5–⁠7 in 1892
8

Final0.33 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Pittsburg dispatch's story: FOOTBALL EVERYWHERE.

    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.

  • The Evening star's story: Saturdays Foot Ball Games.

    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.

Rutgers leads 35–⁠16–⁠1 in 52 meetings, counting the 42 since this game.

Recent meetings
1975Rutgers 48, Lafayette 6
1974Rutgers 35, Lafayette 0
1973Rutgers 35, Lafayette 6
1972Rutgers 21, Lafayette 7
1971Lafayette 13, Rutgers 7
1970Rutgers 41, Lafayette 16

Around this game

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