1920 Lafayette football team

American football club

1920 Lafayette football

Conference| Independent
Record| 5–3
Head coach|

* Jock Sutherland (2nd season)

Captain| Joseph Lehecka
Home stadium| March Field

Seasons

<- 1919

1921 ->

1920 Eastern college football independents records

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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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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 2| Muhlenberg|

* March Field
* Easton, PA

| W 20–0| |
October 9| at Navy|

* Worden Field
* Annapolis, MD

| L 7–12| |
October 16| at Penn|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| L 0–7| |
October 23| Catholic University|

* March Field
* Easton, PA

| W 84–0| |
October 30| at Pittsburgh|

* Forbes Field
* Pittsburgh, PA

| L 0–14| 15,000| [3][4]
November 6| Bucknell|

* March Field
* Easton, PA

| W 10–7| | [5]
November 13| Villanova|

* March Field
* Easton, PA

| W 34–0| |
November 20| Lehigh|

* March Field
* Easton, PA (rivalry)

| W 27–7| 14,000| [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 .

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Lafayette Leopards football

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* March Field (1894–1925)
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