1900 Lafayette football team

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The 1900 Lafayette football team represented Lafayette College in the 1900 college football season. Lafayette shut out seven opponents and finished with a 9–2 record in their second year under head coach Samuel B. Newton. Significant games included victories over Lehigh (34–0 and 18–0), and Cornell (17–0), and losses to Princeton (0–5) and Penn (5–12). The 1900 Lafayette team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 214 to 25.[1][2]

ConferenceIndependent
Record9–2
Headcoach
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1900 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–2
Head coach
CaptainJohn Chalmers
Home stadiumMarch Field
Seasons
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1901 â†’
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1900 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale â€“ 12–0–0
Penn â€“ 12–1–0
Harvard â€“ 10–1–0
Cornell â€“ 10–2–0
Geneva â€“ 5–1–1
Lafayette â€“ 9–2–0
Syracuse â€“ 7–2–1
Princeton â€“ 8–3–0
Drexel â€“ 5–2–0
Fordham â€“ 3–1–1
Army â€“ 7–3–1
Brown â€“ 7–3–1
Columbia â€“ 7–3–1
Villanova â€“ 5–2–2
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 6–3–1
Swarthmore â€“ 6–3–2
Holy Cross â€“ 5–3–1
Carlisle â€“ 6–4–1
Buffalo â€“ 3–2–2
Western Univ. of Penn â€“ 5–4–0
Bucknell â€“ 4–4–1
Dickinson â€“ 5–5–0
Pittsburgh College â€“ 3–3–1
Rutgers â€“ 4–4–0
Vermont â€“ 4–4–1
Lehigh â€“ 5–6–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 4–5–0
Temple â€“ 3–4–1
Penn State â€“ 4–6–1
Amherst â€“ 4–7–1
Dartmouth â€“ 2–4–2
NYU â€“ 3–6–1
Tufts â€“ 3–6–1
Wesleyan â€“ 3–6–1
New Hampshire â€“ 1–5–1
Colgate â€“ 2–8–0
CCNY â€“ 0–1–0
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Three Lafayette players received recognition on the 1900 College Football All-America Team. They are: center Walter E. Bachman (Caspar Whitney, 1st team); guard Trout (Whitney, 2nd team); and fullback David Dudley Cure (Walter Camp, 2nd team; deemed "ineligible" by Whitney).[3][4]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3Ursinus
W 34–0
October 6Susquehanna
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 35–0
October 10Manhattan College
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 11–0
October 13Swarthmore
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 34–2
October 20Princeton
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
L 0–5
October 27Newark A.C.
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 16–0
November 3at Lehigh Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)W 34–0
November 10at PennL 5–12
November 17Cornell
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 17–0
November 24Lehigh
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 18–0[5]
November 29Dickinson
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 10–6
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