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] The team played its home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania. Joseph Laird and John McKenna were the team captains.[2]
| 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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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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