1941 Lafayette Leopards football team

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1941 Lafayette Leopards football
Middle Three champion
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record5–4 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach
CaptainJoseph Laird, John McKenna
Home stadiumFisher Field
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lafayette $ 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Rutgers 1 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Lehigh 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 6 – 3
  • $ – Conference champion

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]

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]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Virginia*
L 0–259,000[4]
October 4NYU*
L 0–67,500[5]
October 11at Navy*
L 2–4121,000[6]
October 18Muhlenberg*
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 40–0[7]
October 25Brown*
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
L 0–138,000[8]
November 1at Gettysburg*Gettysburg, PAW 17–6[9]
November 8Rutgers
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 16–010,000[10]
November 15Western Maryland*
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 26–05,000[11]
November 22at LehighBethlehem, PA (rivalry)W 47–710,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2009 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette College. 2009. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 28 Sep 1941, Page 25 - Daily Press at Newspapers.com
  5. ^ "N.Y.U. 6, Lafayette 0". Sunday Call-Chronicle. October 5, 1941. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Navy Takes Easy Win From Lafayette, 41-2". The Baltimore Sun. October 12, 1941. pp. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Lafayette Routs Mules 40-0". Sunday Call-Chronicle. October 19, 1941. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Lafayette Sends Gettysburg to 17-6 Defeat". Sunday Call-Chronicle. November 2, 1941. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Lafayette Downs Rutgers, 16 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 9, 1941. p. 4S – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Varsity Plays One Period As Lafayette Wins 26-0 Over Western Maryland". Sunday Call-Chronicle. November 16, 1941. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Lafayette Rolls Over Lehigh, 47 to 7". Sunday Call-Chronicle. November 23, 1941. pp. 14–15 – via Newspapers.com.


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