1960 Lafayette Leopards football team

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1960 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionUniversity
Record5–4 (4–3 MAC University)
Head coach
Captains
  • Charles Bartos
  • Robert Howard
Home stadiumFisher Field
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
University
Rutgers x 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Bucknell 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Lehigh 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Lafayette 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Gettysburg
 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Delaware 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Temple 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Muhlenberg * 1 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
College–Northern
Albright x 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Wagner x 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Lebanon Valley
 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Susquehanna
 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Juniata
 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Scranton
 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Upsala
 1 – 3 – 1 1 – 5 – 2
Wilkes
 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Moravian
 1 – 5 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Hofstra * 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
Lycoming
* 		1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
College–Southern
Johns Hopkins x 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Pennsylvania Military
 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Western Maryland
 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Ursinus
 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Swarthmore 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Dickinson 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Drexel 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 7 – 1
Haverford 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
Franklin & Marshall * 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
No. 5 West Chester * 0 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1960 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1960 NCAA College Division football season. Lafayette finished fourth in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division, and last in the Middle Three Conference.

In their third year under head coach James McConlogue, the Leopards compiled a 5–4 record.[1] Charles Bartos and Robert Howard were the team captains.[2]

With a 4–3 record in the MAC University Division, Lafayette had more wins than the third-place team, Lehigh (3–2), but placed below the Engineers because of their win percentages. The Leopards went 0–2 against the Middle Three, losing to both Lehigh and Rutgers.

Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 at Penn*
L 14–35 15,617 [3]
October 1 Muhlenberg
W 20–14 6,500 [4]
October 8 at Delaware
W 3–0 7,000 [5]
October 15 Temple
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 9–7 7,865 [6]
October 22 at Bucknell
L 0–28 10,000 [7]
October 29
Gettysburg
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 10–7 9,000 [8]
November 5 at Rutgers
L 8–36 13,500 [9]
November 12 No. 4 Tufts*
W 22–7 5,000 [10]
November 19 Lehigh
L 3–26 18,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "Lafayette Football 1944-1962". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 103. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Team Captains 1882-2019". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 97. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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