1955 Lafayette Leopards football team
1955 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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Middle Three Conference champion | |
Conference | Middle Three Conference |
Record | 6–2 (2–0 Middle Three) |
Head coach |
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Captains |
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Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1955 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1955 college football season. Lafayette won the Middle Three Conference championship.
In their fourth year under head coach Steve Hokuf, the Leopards compiled a 6–2 record, and defeated both of their Middle Three opponents.[1] Bob Fyvie and Jack Burcin were the team captains.[2]
Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 24 | Muhlenberg* | W 7–0 | 3,000 | [3] | |||
October 1 | at Carnegie Tech *
| W 41–14 | 4,000 | [4] | |||
October 8 | Delaware* |
| L 6–14 | 5,000 | [5] | ||
October 15 | at Dartmouth* | W 21–13 | [1] | ||||
October 22 | Bucknell* |
| W 34–13 | 9,000 | [6] | ||
October 29 | at Gettysburg *
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| L 14–15 | 5,000 | [7] | ||
November 5 | Rutgers |
| W 16–7 | 8,500 | [8] | ||
November 20 | at Lehigh | W 35–6 | 15,000 | [9] | |||
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References
- ^ a b "Lafayette Football 1944-1962". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 103. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Team Captains 1882-2019". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 97. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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