1889 Lehigh football team

The 1889 Lehigh football team represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1889 college football season. The team finished with an overall record of 8–3–2.

1889 Lehigh football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–3–2
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
← 1888
1890 →
1889 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton     10 0 0
Massachusetts     2 0 0
Yale     15 1 0
Harvard     9 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     5 1 1
Dickinson     4 1 1
Navy     4 1 1
Tufts     3 1 0
Lehigh     8 3 2
Cornell     8 4 0
Penn     7 6 0
Brown     2 2 0
Penn State     2 2 0
Delaware     1 1 1
Wesleyan     5 7 1
Bucknell     2 3 1
Lafayette     3 4 2
Columbia     2 7 2
Fordham     1 3 0
Rutgers     1 4 0
NYU     0 2 0

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 52:40 p.m.at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 0–16[1][2]
October 10PrincetonBethlehem, PAL 4–16[3]
October 163:30 p.m.Haverford
W 60–0[4][5]
October 193:15 p.m.at Penn
L 4–6[6]
October 30Lafayette
W 16–10[7]
November 2at Columbia
W 51–61,500[8][9]
November 11Penn StateSouth Bethlehem, PAW 106–0[10]
November 16at Lafayette
T 6–62,000[11]
November 20PennBethlehem, PAW 8–0[12]
November 22vs. WesleyanT 11–11[13]
November 2810:45 a.m.at NavyAnnapolis, MDW 26–6[14]
November 293:38 p.m.vs. Johns HopkinsW 40–01,000[15]
December 1at Virginia
W 26–12[16]

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References

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  1. ^ "Princeton's Opening Day". The Philadelphia Times. October 6, 1889. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "All on Princeton's Side". The Boston Globe. October 6, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Foot-ball At Bethlehem". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 11, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Foot Ball at Lehigh To-day". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. October 16, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "Lehigh Has An Easy Time". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 17, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "Kicking Out A Victory". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 20, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  7. ^ "Foot Ball at Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. October 31, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  8. ^ "Columbia Defeated by Lehigh". The Sun. New York, New York. November 3, 1889. p. 17. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  9. ^ "Lehigh Defeats Columbia". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 3, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  10. ^ "Football". The Sun. New York, New York. November 12, 1889. p. 4. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  11. ^ "Lafayette, 6; Lehigh, 6". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 17, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  12. ^ "Turf And Track Sports—Lehigh Gives The University A Lesson In Foot-ball". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 21, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  13. ^ "A Tie Game". The Meriden Daily Journal. Meriden, Connecticut. November 23, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  14. ^ "Lehigh Vs. Naval Academy". The Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. November 29, 1889. p. 6. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  15. ^ "Lehigh Kept The Lead". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. November 30, 1889. p. 7. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  16. ^ "Football in Virginia". Chattanooga Daily Times. Chattanooga, Tennessee. December 2, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved June 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com  .
  17. ^ "1889 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule and Results". College Football Reference. Retrieved May 9, 2017.