1941 Lafayette Leopards football team
| 1941 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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Middle Three champion | |
| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 5–4 (2–0 Middle Three) |
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| Captain | Joseph Laird, John McKenna |
| Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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| Lafayette $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1941 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team represented the Lafayette College as a member of the Middle Three Conference during the 1941 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Edward Mylin, the team compiled a 5–4 record and won the Middle Three championship.[1] Joseph Laird and John McKenna were the team captains.[2] The team played home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Lafayette was ranked at No. 95 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[3]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 27 | at Virginia* | L 0–25 | 9,000 | [4] | |||
| October 4 | NYU* | L 0–6 | 7,500 | [5] | |||
| October 11 | at Navy* | L 2–41 | 21,000 | [6] | |||
| October 18 | Muhlenberg* |
| W 40–0 | [7] | |||
| October 25 | Brown* |
| L 0–13 | 8,000 | [8] | ||
| November 1 | at Gettysburg* | Gettysburg, PA | W 17–6 | [9] | |||
| November 8 | Rutgers |
| W 16–0 | 10,000 | [10] | ||
| November 15 | Western Maryland* |
| W 26–0 | 5,000 | [11] | ||
| November 22 | at Lehigh | Bethlehem, PA (rivalry) | W 47–7 | 10,000 | [12] | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ "2009 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette College. 2009. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
- ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 28 Sep 1941, Page 25 - Daily Press at Newspapers.com
- ^ "N.Y.U. 6, Lafayette 0". Sunday Call-Chronicle. October 5, 1941. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Navy Takes Easy Win From Lafayette, 41-2". The Baltimore Sun. October 12, 1941. pp. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lafayette Routs Mules 40-0". Sunday Call-Chronicle. October 19, 1941. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Two Specatacular Runs Win 13-0 Decision for Brown Over Lafayette at Easton". Allentown Sunday Call-Chronicle. October 26, 1941. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lafayette Sends Gettysburg to 17-6 Defeat". Sunday Call-Chronicle. November 2, 1941. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lafayette Downs Rutgers, 16 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 9, 1941. p. 4S – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Varsity Plays One Period As Lafayette Wins 26-0 Over Western Maryland". Sunday Call-Chronicle. November 16, 1941. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lafayette Rolls Over Lehigh, 47 to 7". Sunday Call-Chronicle. November 23, 1941. pp. 14–15 – via Newspapers.com.
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