American football club
The 1939 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the Middle Three Conference during the 1939 college football season . In its third season under head coach Edward Mylin , the team compiled a 4–5 record.[ 1] Hunter Jaggard was the team captain.[ 2]
Lafayette was ranked at No. 97 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[ 3]
^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF) . Lafayette University. p. 127. Retrieved June 14, 2020 .
^ "Football Captains" . Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth" . Johnson City Sunday Press . p. 11 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Lafayette Rolls Up 33-0 Score on Ursinus Eleven To Take Season's Opener" . Sunday Call-Chronicle . October 1, 1939. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Perry Lewis (October 8, 1939). "Penn Downs Lafayette, 6-0, On Chizmadia's Touchdown: Quaker Eleven Unimpressive In Opening Win" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . p. 1S – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Muhlenberg Scores 7-6 Win Over Lafayette: Spectacular 86-Yard Drive in Final Period Scores Winning Tally for 'Mules' " . Sunday Call-Chronicle . October 15, 1939. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Dartmouth Turns Back Scrappy Lafayette Crew In Tight Game 14 to 0" . Sunday Call-Chronicle . October 22, 1939. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Lafayette Rolls Up 40-0 Score in Stopping Bullets Of Gettysburg at Easton" . Sunday Call-Chronicle . October 29, 1939. pp. 13, 16 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "New York University scores convincing win over Lafayette, 14–0" . The Morning Call . November 5, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Undefeated Rutgers Wins Over Lafayette, 13 to 6, To Take Middle Three Title" . Sunday Call-Chronicle . November 12, 1939. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Lafayette Beats W.-J" . The Pittsburgh Press . November 19, 1939. p. II-9 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Childs, Kingsley (November 26, 1939). "Lafayette, Led by Zirinsky, Sophomore Ace, Closes With Rush to Conquer Lehigh, 29-13". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ "Lafayette Wins Over Lehigh, 29 to 13: Walt Zirinsky, Northampton Boy, Paces Leopards as They Take Measure of Old Rival" . Sunday Call-Chronicle . November 26, 1939. pp. 16, 17 – via Newspapers.com .
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