1937 Lafayette Leopards football team

American football club

1937 Lafayette Leopards football

Middle Three champion

Conference| Middle Three Conference
Record| 8–0 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach|

* Edward Mylin (1st season)

Captain| Edward Kanzler
Home stadium| Fisher Field

Seasons

<- 1936

1938 ->

1937 Middle Three Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Lafayette $  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
Rutgers | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Lehigh | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

The 1937 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the Middle Three Conference during the 1937 college football season. In its first season under head coach Edward Mylin, the team compiled an 8–0 record.[1] Edward Kanzler was the team captain.[2]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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October 2| Upsala*|

* Fisher Field
* Easton, PA

| W 33–0|
October 9| at Gettysburg*| Gettysburg, PA| W 2–0|
October 16| at Georgetown*|

* Griffith Stadium
* Washington, DC

| W 6–0|
October 23| at NYU*|

* Yankee Stadium
* New York, NY

| W 13–0| [3]
October 30| Franklin & Marshall*|

* Fisher Field
* Easton, PA

| W 14–0|
November 6| Rutgers|

* Fisher Field
* Easton, PA

| W 13–6| [4]
November 13| Washington & Jefferson*|

* Fisher Field
* Easton, PA

| W 16–0|
November 20| at Lehigh|

* Taylor Stadium
* Bethlethem, PA (rivalry)

| W 6–0| [5]

* *Non-conference game

## References

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1. ^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 127. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
2. ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
3. ^ "Lafayette defeats N.Y.U., 13–0, to keep its 1937 slate clean". Allentown Morning Call. October 24, 1937. p. 16. Retrieved September 21, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Lafayette beats Rutgers, 13–6, to keep its 1937 slate clean". The Morning Call. November 7, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ Childs, Kingsley (November 21, 1937). "Lafayette victor, staying unbeaten". The New York Times. p. S1.

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Lafayette Leopards football

Venues|

* The Quad (1882–1893)
* March Field (1894–1925)
* Fisher Stadium (1926–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Lehigh: The Rivalry

Culture & lore|

* The Leopard
* "On, Lafayette!"
* Leopard Pride
* 1949 Sun Bowl controversy

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* NFL draftees

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