1945 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 1945 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the Middle Three Conference during the 1945 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach Ben Wolfson, the team compiled a 1–7–1 record.[1] The team was led by game captains and played its home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.[2]
| 1945 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 1–7–1 (1–1 Middle Three) |
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| Captain | Game captains |
| Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 29 | at Columbia* | L 14–40 | 10,000 | [3] | |||
| October 6 | at Princeton* | T 7–7 | 4,000 | [4] | |||
| October 13 | at Colgate* | L 0–47 | |||||
| October 20 | Merchant Marine* | L 7–26 | 6,000 | [5] | |||
| October 27 | Bucknell* |
| L 2–26 | 3,000 | [6] | ||
| November 3 | at Temple* | L 0–20 | 12,000 | [7] | |||
| November 10 | Rutgers |
| L 14–32 | 2,500 | [8] | ||
| November 17 | Atlantic City NAS* |
| L 7–12 | 5,000 | [9] | ||
| November 24 | at Lehigh | W 7–0 | 8,000 | [10] | |||
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References
- "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 127. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- "Columbia Routs Lafayette, 40-14". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 30, 1945. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Tigers Held to 7-7 Draw by Lafayette". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. Associated Press. October 7, 1945. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Pfohl Star as Kings Point Defeats Lafayette, 26-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 21, 1945. p. S2 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Bucknell Upsets Lafayette with Big 26-2 Triumph". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. October 28, 1945. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- Baumgartner, Stan (November 4, 1945). "Temple Gains Sixth, 20-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
- McCoy, Gordon (November 11, 1945). "Rutgers Trims Lafayette 32 to 14 and Captures Middle 3 Championship". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Atlantic City Jars Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. November 18, 1945. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.
- Baumgartner, Stan (November 25, 1945). "Lehigh Bows to Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Lafayette Scores First Victory, 7-0". The Scrantonian. Scranton, Pa. November 25, 1945. sect. IV, p. 1.
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