1963 Lafayette Leopards football team

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1963 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionUniversity Division
Record1–8 (1–4 MAC University)
Head coach
Captains
  • John Brown
  • Richard Zanewicz
Home stadiumFisher Field
Seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
University
No. 2 Delaware x 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Bucknell 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Gettysburg
 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Temple 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Lehigh 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Lafayette 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
College–Northern
Upsala
x 		4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Wagner 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Albright
 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Moravian
 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Wilkes
 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Lycoming
 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Juniata
* 		3 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Susquehanna
* 		2 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Hofstra * 0 – 0 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
College–Southern
Western Maryland
x 		4 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Muhlenberg 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Dickinson 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Drexel 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Lebanon Valley
 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Pennsylvania Military
 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Ursinus
 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Haverford 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Franklin & Marshall 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Johns Hopkins 0 – 4 – 1 0 – 6 – 1
West Chester
* 		0 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1963 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. Lafayette finished last in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division, and last in the Middle Three Conference.

In their first year under head coach Kenneth Bunn, the Leopards compiled a 1–8 record.[1] John Brown and Richard Zanewicz were the team captains.[2]

In conference play, Lafayette's 1–4 record against MAC University Division opponents represented the worst winning percentage in the six-team circuit; Lehigh finished a half-game ahead in the standings with a 1–3 record. The Leopards were swept by their Middle Three rivals, losing to both Lehigh and Rutgers.

The season-ending rivalry game against Lehigh was originally slated for November 23, but postponed following the assassination of John F. Kennedy the previous day. The November 30 makeup date was the latest in the year that the 99-year traditional matchup had ever been held.[3]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 at Penn*
L 0–47 9,357 [4]
October 5 at Muhlenberg*
L 7–18 4,000 [5]
October 12 No. 3 Delaware
L 0–61 4,000 [6]
October 19 at Temple
L 0–31 9,000 [7]
October 26 Bucknell
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 14–13 5,500 [8]
November 2 at
Gettysburg
L 12–14 5,100 [9]
November 9 Rutgers
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
L 0–49 6,000 [10]
November 16 Tufts*
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
L 13–25 [1]
November 30^ at Lehigh
L 6–13 7,000 [11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lafayette Football 1963-1986". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 104. 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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  4. ^ Wallace, William N. (September 29, 1963). "Penn Turns Back Lafayette, 47-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S6.
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