1920 Lafayette football team

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1920 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
CaptainJoseph Lehecka
Home stadiumMarch Field
Seasons
← 1919
1921 →
1920 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College     8 0 0
Harvard     8 0 1
Princeton     6 0 1
Penn State     7 0 2
Pittsburgh     6 0 2
Army     7 2 0
Dartmouth     7 2 0
Cornell     6 2 0
Syracuse     6 2 1
Geneva     5 2 1
New Hampshire     5 2 1
Brown     6 3 0
Bucknell     6 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     6 3 1
Penn     6 4 0
Carnegie Tech     5 3 0
Lafayette     5 3 0
Holy Cross     5 3 0
Williams     5 3 0
Yale     5 3 0
Fordham     4 3 0
Franklin & Marshall     3 2 2
Boston University     4 3 1
Columbia     4 4 0
Duquesne     3 3 1
Vermont     3 5 0
NYU     2 5 1
Rhode Island State     0 4 4
Tufts     2 6 0
Rutgers     2 7 0
Buffalo     1 4 0
Colgate     1 5 2
Villanova     1 5 1
Drexel     0 6 0

The 1920 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In its second season under head coach Jock Sutherland, the team compiled a 5–3 record.[1] Joseph Lehecka was the team captain.[2] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Muhlenberg
W 20–0
October 9at NavyL 7–12
October 16at PennL 0–7
October 23Catholic University
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 84–0
October 30at PittsburghL 0–1415,000[3][4]
November 6Bucknell
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 10–7[5]
November 13Villanova
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 34–0
November 20Lehigh
W 27–714,000[6]

References

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  1. ^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 126. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  3. ^ Davis, Ralph S. (October 31, 1920). "Davies Real Star of Game". The Pittsburg Press. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "All Attendance Records Broken By Panthers in Games This Year". The Pittsburgh Post. November 26, 1920. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Lafayette Conquers Bucknell by 10 to 7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 7, 1920. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Lafayette Defeats Lehigh, 27 To 7 Before Immense Crowd". The Allentown Morning Call and Morning Herald. Allentown, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1920. p. 11. Retrieved August 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.

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