1902 Lehigh Brown and White football team

The 1902 Lehigh Brown and White football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1902 college football season. In its first season under head coach Samuel B. Newton, the team compiled a 7–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 246 to 57.^[1]

1902 Lehigh Brown and White football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–3–1
Head coach	Samuel B. Newton (1st season)
Seasons ← 1901 1903 →

1902 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Ursinus			–					9	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					11	–	0	–	1
Geneva			–					7	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					11	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	1	–	0
Army			–					6	–	1	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	2	–	1
Holy Cross			–					6	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					6	–	2	–	1
Carlisle			–					8	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					8	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					8	–	3	–	0
Amherst			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					9	–	4	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	3	–	1
Vermont			–					5	–	3	–	2
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					6	–	4	–	1
Springfield Training School			–					3	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					4	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	6	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					5	–	6	–	1
New Hampshire			–					2	–	3	–	1
Buffalo			–					3	–	5	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	6	–	1
Fordham			–					2	–	4	–	1
Wesleyan			–					3	–	6	–	1
Rutgers			–					3	–	7	–	0
Navy			–					2	–	7	–	1
Drexel			–					1	–	4	–	1
Temple			–					1	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					1	–	6	–	0
Boston College			–					0	–	8	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–12
October 1	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–23
October 11	Rutgers	Bethlehem, PA	W 34–0		[2]
October 15	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	T 5–5
October 22	Union (NY)	Bethlehem, PA	W 41–0
October 25	NYU	Bethlehem, PA	W 46–0		[3]
November 1	at Haverford	Haverford, PA	W 39–0
November 8	vs. Virginia	American League Park Washington, DC	W 34–6	3,000	[4]
November 15	Dickinson	Bethlehem, PA	L 0–11
November 22	at Lafayette	Easton, PA (rivalry)	W 6–0
November 29	Swarthmore	Bethlehem, PA	W 41–0

References

1. "1902 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
2. "Lehigh scores quickly, Rutgers team unable to hold the Bethlehem boys, 34 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1902. Retrieved September 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Lehigh plays swell football against N.Y.U." The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1902. p. 13. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Lehigh, 34; Virginia, 6". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. November 9, 1902. p. 6. Retrieved September 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .