1944 Lafayette Leopards football team
1944 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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Middle Three champion | |
Conference | Middle Three Conference |
Record | 6–1 (4–0 Middle Three) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Edward Podgorski |
Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1944 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the Middle Three Conference during the 1944 college football season. In its second season under head coach Ben Wolfson, the team compiled a 6–1 record and won the Middle Three championship.[1] Edward Podgorski was the team captain.[2] The team played its home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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October 7 | at NYU* | W 39–0 | 4,000 | [3] | |||
October 14 | at Syracuse* | L 7–32 | 5,000 | [4] | |||
October 21 | at Lehigh | W 44–0 | 500 | [5] | |||
October 28 | at Rutgers | W 19–6 | 4,000 | [6] | |||
November 4 | Ursinus* |
| W 34–21 | [1] | |||
November 11 | at Rutgers | W 39–0 | 5,000 | [7] | |||
November 18 | Lehigh |
| W 64–0 | 10,000 | [8] | ||
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References
- ^ a b "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 127. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
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- ^ "Lafayette Routs Lehigh by 44 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 22, 1944. p. S2.
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- ^ "Lafayette Routs Lehigh by 64 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 19, 1944. p. S3.