Rutgers at Lafayette
Wednesday, October 30, 1895 Share
Lafayette beat Rutgers 52–0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Lafayette led the series 9–4.
FinalHigh 44°F, low 30°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Rutgers–Lafayette gameRutgers leads 35–16–1 in 52 meetings, counting the 39 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 PrincetonOct. 3, 1896
- SeasonRutgers in 1895
- ProgramRutgers history and records
Lafayette
- Next gameat LehighNov. 9, 1895
- SeasonLafayette in 1895
- ProgramLafayette history and records

