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1927 Lafayette Leopards football team

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American football club
1927 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
CaptainHarold Cothran, William Atkinson
Home stadiumFisher Field
Seasons
← 1926
1928 →
1927 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts     8 0 0
Springfield     7 0 2
Washington & Jefferson     7 0 2
No. 6 Army     9 1 0
No. 2 Pittsburgh     8 1 1
Temple     7 1 0
No. 5 Yale     7 1 0
NYU     7 1 2
Princeton     6 1 0
Villanova     6 1 0
Penn State     6 2 1
Columbia     5 2 2
Bucknell     6 3 1
Colgate     4 2 3
CCNY     4 2 2
Lafayette     5 3 1
Penn     6 4 0
Syracuse     5 3 2
Carnegie Tech     5 4 1
Boston College     4 4 0
Harvard     4 4 0
Rutgers     4 4 0
Cornell     3 3 2
Boston University     3 4 1
Drexel     3 5 1
Fordham     3 5 0
Brown     3 6 1
Vermont     2 6 0
Providence     1 4 2
Franklin & Marshall     1 7 1
Lehigh     1 7 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Herb McCracken, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record.[1] Harold Cothran and William Atkinson were the team captains.[2] The team played its home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Schuylkill W 39–13
October 1Muhlenberg
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 38–7
October 8Rutgers
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 56–0[3]
October 15at West Virginia T 7–7[4]
October 22Washington & Jefferson
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
L 0–14
October 29at Penn State L 6–4011,000
November 5at Georgetown L 2–27
November 12Susquehanna
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 73–6
November 19at Lehigh Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)W 43–0

References

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  1. ^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 127. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "Lafayette gallops over Rutgers defense for big 56 to 0 victory". The Morning Call . October 9, 1927. p. 11. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon .
  4. ^ "West Virginia holds Lafayette to deadlock". The Baltimore Sun. October 16, 1927. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
Venues
  • The Quad (1882–1893)
  • March Field (1894–1925)
  • Fisher Stadium (1926–present)
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