1928 Lafayette Leopards football team

The 1928 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Herb McCracken, the team compiled a 6–1–2 record.[1] Richard Guest was the team captain.[2] The team played its home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

1928 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–2
Head coach
CaptainRichard Guest
Home stadiumFisher Field
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College     9 0 0
West Chester     8 0 0
Villanova     7 0 1
Brown     8 1 0
No. 11 Penn     8 1 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech     7 1 0
No. 9 Army     8 2 0
Drexel     8 2 0
No. 10 NYU     8 2 0
Temple     7 1 2
Lafayette     6 1 2
Princeton     5 1 2
CCNY     4 1 2
Pittsburgh     6 2 1
Harvard     5 2 1
Tufts     5 2 1
Colgate     6 3 0
Rutgers     6 3 0
Bucknell     5 2 3
Columbia     5 3 1
Boston University     3 3 2
Cornell     3 3 2
Syracuse     4 4 1
Yale     4 4 0
Fordham     4 5 0
Franklin & Marshall     4 5 0
Penn State     3 5 1
Lehigh     3 6 0
Washington & Jefferson     2 5 2
Providence     1 5 3
Vermont     1 7 2
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29AlbrightW 78–0
October 6Muhlenberg
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 56–0
October 13George Washington
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 28–0
October 20at BucknellLewisburg, PAT 0–016,000[3]
October 27West Virginia
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
L 0–17[4]
November 3Washington & Jefferson
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
T 13–13
November 10at Rutgers
W 17–0[5]
November 17Penn State
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 7–0
November 24Lehigh
W 38–14

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. ^ "Bison's Defense, Firm Under Fire, Holds Lafayette". October 22, 1938. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "West Virginia rips through Lafayette". Sunday News. October 28, 1928. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Lafayette Maroon team turns Rutgers Scarlet into victory blue". The Morning Call. November 11, 1928. p. 14. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .