1903 Lafayette football team

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1903
Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
CaptainJohn Ernst
Home stadiumMarch Field
Seasons
1903 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton     11 0 0
Yale     11 1 0
Columbia     9 1 0
Dartmouth     9 1 0
Geneva     9 1 0
Holy Cross     8 2 0
Temple
    4 1 0
Washington & Jefferson     8 2 0
Lehigh     9 2 1
Harvard     9 3 0
Penn     9 3 0
Army     6 2 1
Carlisle     6 2 1
Amherst     7 3 0
Lafayette     7 3 0
Cornell     6 3 1
Colgate     4 2 1
Penn State     5 3 0
Swarthmore     6 4 0
Brown     5 4 1
Syracuse     5 4 0
Fordham
    1 1 0
Frankin & Marshall
    5 5 1
Buffalo     4 4 0
Rutgers     4 4 1
Delaware     4 4 0
Villanova     2 2 0
Bucknell
    4 5 0
Vermont     4 5 0
Tufts     5 8 0
Wesleyan
    3 6 1
Springfield Training School     1 3 1
NYU     2 5 0
New Hampshire     2 6 1
Pittsburgh College     1 5 1
Western U. Penn.     1 8 1

The 1903 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1903 college football season. In its first season under head coach Alfred E. Bull, the team compiled a 7–3 record.[1][2] John Ernst was the team captain.[3] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 26GallaudetW 36–0
October 3
Gettysburg
W 11–0
October 10
Susquehanna
W 43–0
October 17
Fordham
W 48–0
October 24at NavyW 6–5
October 31at NYUW 8–6[4]
November 7at PrincetonL 0–11[5]
November 14
Bloomsburg Normal
W 29–0
November 21at LehighBethlehem, PAL 6–12
November 26Dickinson
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
L 0–35[6]

References

  1. ^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 124. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "1903 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
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