1917 Lafayette football team

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1917
Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
CaptainHenry Lehr, Grant Scott
Home stadiumMarch Field
Seasons
1917 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburgh     10 0 0
Williams     7 0 1
Yale     3 0 0
Princeton     2 0 0
Syracuse     8 1 1
Army     7 1 0
Rutgers     7 1 1
Penn     9 2 0
Brown     8 2 0
Fordham     7 2 0
Lehigh     7 2 0
Boston College     6 2 0
Swarthmore     6 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     7 3 0
Colgate     4 2 0
Harvard     3 1 3
New Hampshire     3 2 2
Dartmouth     5 3 0
Geneva     5 3 1
Penn State     5 4 0
Buffalo     4 4 0
NYU     2 2 3
Tufts     3 3 0
Carnegie Tech
    2 3 1
Bucknell     3 5 1
Lafayette     3 5 0
Holy Cross     3 4 0
Rhode Island State     2 4 2
Carlisle     3 6 0
Columbia     2 4 0
Delaware     2 5 0
Cornell     3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall
    2 6 0
Villanova     0 3 2
Temple
    0 6 1

The 1917 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Punk Berryman, the team compiled a 3–5 record.[1] Henry Lehr and Grant Scott were the team captains.[2] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6U.S. Ambulance Corps
W 20–0
October 13
Ursinus
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 12–6
October 20Rutgers
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
L 7–33
October 27Muhlenberg
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
L 0–6
November 3at PennL 0–27
November 10at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PAL 0–56[3]
November 17
Albright
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 42–0
November 24LehighL 0–17

References

  1. ^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 126. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
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