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1924 Lafayette Leopards football team

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1924 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
CaptainCharlie Berry
Home stadiumMarch Field
Seasons
← 1923
1925 →
1924 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Dartmouth     7 0 1
No. 3 Yale     6 0 2
No. 8 Penn     9 1 1
Rutgers     7 1 1
Bucknell     8 2 0
Lafayette     7 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     7 2 0
Holy Cross     7 1 1
Army     5 1 2
Syracuse     8 2 1
Fordham     6 2 0
Lehigh     4 1 3
Boston College     6 3 0
Penn State     6 3 1
Princeton     4 2 1
Springfield     4 2 1
Columbia     5 3 1
Pittsburgh     5 3 1
NYU     4 3 1
CCNY     4 3 0
Brown     5 4 0
Carnegie Tech     5 4 0
Colgate     5 4 0
Cornell     4 4 0
Harvard     4 4 0
Tufts     3 4 2
Franklin & Marshall     3 5 1
Villanova     2 5 1
Drexel     2 7 0
Vermont     2 7 0
Temple     1 4 0
Boston University     1 5 0
Buffalo     1 7 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1924 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1924 college football season. In its first season under head coach Herb McCracken, the team compiled a 7–2 record.[1] Charlie Berry was the team captain.[2] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Muhlenberg
W 13–0
October 4at PittsburghW 10–015,000[3]
October 11Hobart
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 30–0
October 18at BucknellW 21–3[4]
October 25vs. Washington & JeffersonW 20–6
November 1at PennL 3–654,000[5]
November 8vs. RutgersL 7–43
November 15Alfred
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 47–0
November 22Lehigh
W 7–0

References

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  1. ^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 126. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  3. ^ Smith, Chester L. (October 5, 1924). "Fifteen Thousand See Panthers Lose Annual Game to Maroon, 10-0". The Gazette Times. p. III-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Bucknell Dedicates Stadium in Defeat, Bowing to Maroon". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 19, 1924. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Penn defeats Lafayette in grim struggle". The Pittsburgh Press. November 2, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.