1973 Lafayette Leopards football team

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1973 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3–1
Head coach
Captains
  • Thomas Kubler
  • James Nolan
Home stadiumFisher Field
Seasons
← 1972
1974 →
1973 NCAA Division II independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Tennessee State     10 0 0
No. 9 Hawaii     9 2 0
Nebraska–Omaha     7 2 1
Trinity (TX)
    8 3 0
UNLV     8 3 0
No. 13 Delaware ^     8 4 0
Western Carolina     6 3 1
Central Michigan     7 4 0
Nevada     7 4 0
Western Illinois     7 4 0
Milwaukee     6 4 1
Eastern Michigan     6 4 0
American International     5 4 0
Akron     6 5 0
Central State (OH)
    6 5 0
Wayne State (MI)
    5 5 0
Drexel     4 4 0
Bucknell     3 4 2
Northeast Louisiana     3 5 2
Santa Clara     4 6 0
Youngstown State     4 6 0
Arkansas–Pine Bluff     3 5 1
Chattanooga     4 7 0
Indiana State     4 7 0
Northeastern     3 6 0
Kentucky State     3 8 0
Northern Michigan     2 7 1
Eastern Illinois     2 9 0
Portland State     1 10 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AP small college poll

The 1973 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1973 NCAA Division II football season.

In their third year under head coach Neil Putnam, the Leopards compiled a 6–3–1 record.[1] Thomas Kubler and James Nolan were the team captains.[2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15 at
Merchant Marine
W 21–3 4,500 [3]
September 22 Colgate L 21–55 6,000 [4]
September 29 Penn
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 16–14 10,000 [5]
October 6
C.W. Post
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 28–12 [1]
October 13 at Rutgers L 6–35 10,000 [6]
October 20 Bucknelldagger
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
T 0–0 10,000 [7]
October 27 Maine
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 23–13 4,000 [8]
November 3 at
Gettysburg
W 19–3 4,000 [9]
November 10 Drexel
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 21–11 3,100 [10]
November 17 at Lehigh L 13–45 18,000 [11]
  • daggerHomecoming

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.
  3. Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Lafayette 21, Kings Point 3". The Philadelphia Inquirer
    . Philadelphia, Pa. September 16, 1973. p. 7D.
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    . Attendance figure in "Herb McCracken Inducted into Grid Hall of Fame" on page C6.
  8. Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Lafayette 23, Maine 13". The Philadelphia Inquirer
    . Philadelphia, Pa. October 28, 1973. p. 7E.
  9. Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Lafayette 19, Gettysburg 3". The Philadelphia Inquirer
    . Philadelphia, Pa. November 4, 1973. p. 8E.
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