Rutgers at Lafayette

Wednesday, October 30, 1895

Lafayette beat Rutgers 52–⁠0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Lafayette led the series 9–⁠4.

AwayRutgers0–⁠3 in 1895
0
HomeLafayette6–⁠2 in 1895
52

FinalHigh 44°F, low 30°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: LAFAYETTE DEFEATS RUTGERS.

    New-York tribune, October 31, 1895, page 4

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    LAFAYETTE DEFEATS RUTGERS. Easton Penn. oct. 30 Observation-Disclosures de feated Rutgers College on the football field this afternoon, 50 to o The game was a long one, thirty and twenty minute halves being played Both teams played strongly at first, then Rutgers weak ened because Lafdyette’s quick play took the wind out Of her adversary. The visitors. however, were game throughout The score in the first half was 70 TO O. The best playing for Rutgers was by Wyckoff. and for Lafayette BY Zezer, Rnehart, Worthington and Barclay.

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 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Rutgers leads 35–⁠16–⁠1 in 52 meetings, counting the 39 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

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