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1907 Lafayette football team

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1907 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2–1
Head coach
CaptainCharles Ellicott
Home stadiumMarch Field
Seasons
← 1906
1908 →
1907 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     9 0 1
Dartmouth     8 0 1
Penn     11 1 0
Carlisle     10 1 0
Temple     4 0 2
Fordham     6 1 1
Cornell     8 2 0
Western U. of Penn.     8 2 0
Princeton     7 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     7 2 0
Lafayette     7 2 1
Lehigh     7 2 1
Swarthmore     6 2 0
Army     6 2 1
NYU     5 2 0
Vermont     4 1 2
Harvard     7 3 0
Brown     7 3 0
Penn State     6 4 0
Syracuse     5 3 1
Drexel     3 2 2
Colgate     4 4 1
Geneva     4 5 2
Amherst     3 4 1
Tufts     3 4 1
Frankin & Marshall     4 6 0
Rutgers     3 5 1
Springfield Training School     2 4 2
Bucknell     4 7 0
New Hampshire     1 5 2
Villanova     1 5 1
Holy Cross     1 7 2
Wesleyan     1 7 1
Carnegie Tech     1 8 0

The 1907 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1907 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach Alfred E. Bull, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record, shut out five opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 198 to 50.[1][2] Charles Ellicott was the team captain.[3] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Wyoming SeminaryEaston, PAW 22–0
October 5UrsinusEaston, PAW 21–0
October 12HamiltonEaston, PAW 43–0
October 19ColgateEaston, PAW 21–9[4]
October 26at NavyL 0–17
November 2at PennL 0–15
November 9BucknellEaston, PAW 34–0
November 16at SyracuseT 4–4
November 23at Lehigh
  • Lehigh Field
  • Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)
W 22–510,000[5]
November 28Dickinson
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 31–0

References

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  1. ^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 124. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "1907 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "Lafayette Wins From Colgate: Eastonians Defeat Hamilton Team in Hard and Fiercely Contested Game". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 20, 1907. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Lafayette Again Defeats Lehigh". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 24, 1907. p. 14B. Retrieved August 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.