1945 Lafayette Leopards football team

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1945 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record1–7–1 (1–1 Middle Three)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumFisher Field
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rutgers $ 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Lafayette 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
Lehigh 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1945 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the Middle Three Conference during the 1945 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach Ben Wolfson, the team compiled a 1–7–1 record.[1] The team was led by game captains and played its home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Columbia*
L 14–4010,000[3]
October 6at Princeton*
T 7–7 4,000 [4]
October 13at
Colgate Athletic Field
  • Hamilton, NY
    		• L 0–47
    October 20
    Merchant Marine*
    		L 7–26 6,000 [5]
    October 27Bucknell*
    • Fisher Field
    • Easton, PA
    		L 2–26 3,000 [6]
    November 3at Temple*
    		L 0–20 12,000 [7]
    November 10Rutgers
    • Fisher Field
    • Easton, PA
    		L 14–32 2,500 [8]
    November 17Atlantic City NAS*
    • Fisher Field
    • Easton, PA
    		L 7–12 5,000 [9]
    November 24at Lehigh
    		W 7–0 8,000 [10]
    • *Non-conference game

    References

    1. ^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 127. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
    2. ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
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    10. Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Lafayette Scores First Victory, 7-0". The Scrantonian
      . Scranton, Pa. November 25, 1945. sect. IV, p. 1.
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