1926 Lafayette Leopards football team

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1926 Lafayette Leopards football
National champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Head coach
CaptainFrank Kirkleski
Home stadiumFisher Field
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →
1926 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Lafayette     9 0 0
No. 10 Brown     9 0 1
NYU     8 1 0
No. 9 Army     7 1 1
Washington & Jefferson     7 1 1
Boston College     6 0 2
No. 10 Penn     7 1 1
Cornell     6 1 1
Princeton     5 1 1
Carnegie Tech     7 2 0
Springfield     6 2 0
Syracuse     7 2 1
Villanova     6 2 1
Colgate     5 2 2
Columbia     6 3 0
Pittsburgh     5 2 2
CCNY     5 3 0
Temple     5 3 0
Penn State     5 4 0
Tufts     4 4 0
Yale     4 4 0
Bucknell     4 5 1
Fordham     3 4 1
Harvard     3 5 0
Rutgers     3 6 0
Vermont     3 6 0
Drexel     2 5 0
Boston University     2 6 0
Lehigh     1 8 0
Franklin & Marshall
    0 8 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In its third season under head coach Herb McCracken, Lafayette compiled a 9–0 record and shut out five of nine opponents.[1][2] Halfback Frank Kirkleski was the team captain.[3]

Although

Stanford have been named the 1926 national champion by most selectors, the 1926 Lafayette team was named as the national champion by one selector, Parke H. Davis.[4] The team was ranked No. 5 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1926.[5]

The team played its home games at the Fisher Stadium in Easton, Pennsylvania. Fisher Stadium opened in 1926 with a seating capacity of 13,132.[6]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25MuhlenbergW 35–0
October 2
Schuylkill
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
W 47–0
October 9at PittsburghW 17–7
October 16
Dickinson
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
W 42–13
October 23
Albright
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
W 30–7
October 30vs. Washington & JeffersonW 16–1020,000[7]
November 6at Rutgers
W 37–0
November 13
Susquehanna
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
W 68–0
November 20Lehigh
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
W 35–0

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References

  1. ^ "goleopards.com 1926 Football Team Bio - Lafayette Leopards Official Athletic Site Lafayette Leopards Official Athletic Site - Maroon Club". goleopards.com. Archived from the original on May 8, 2013.
  2. ^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  3. ^ 2018 Lafayette Media Guide, p. 129.
  4. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
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  6. ^ 2018 Lafayette Media Guide, pp. 6, 73.
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  8. ^ "1926 Football Schedule".