1927 Lafayette Leopards football team

The 1927 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Herb McCracken, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record.[1] Harold Cothran and William Atkinson were the team captains.[2] The team played its home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

1927 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferenceIndependent
1927 record5–3–1
Head coachHerb McCracken (4th season)
CaptainHarold Cothran, William Atkinson
Home stadiumFisher Field
1927 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Tufts      8 0 0
Geneva      8 0 1
Army      9 1 0
Pittsburgh      8 1 1
Temple      7 1 0
Yale      7 1 0
Princeton      6 1 0
Villanova      6 1 0
Penn State      6 2 1
Carnegie Tech      5 2 1
Columbia      5 2 2
Colgate      4 2 3
Lafayette      5 3 1
Penn      6 4 0
Syracuse      5 3 2
Carnegie Tech      5 4 1
Boston College      4 4 0
Harvard      4 4 0
Rutgers      4 4 0
Duquesne      4 4 1
Cornell      3 3 2
Drexel      3 5 1
Fordham      3 5 0
Brown      3 6 1
Franklin & Marshall      1 7 1
Lehigh      1 7 1

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 24Schuylkill
W 39–13
October 1Muhlenberg
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 38–7
October 8Rutgers
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 56–0
October 15at West VirginiaT 7–7
October 22Washington & Jefferson
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
L 0–14
October 29at Penn StateL 6–40
November 5at GeorgetownL 2–27
November 12Susquehanna
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 73–6
November 19at LehighBethlehem, PA (rivalry)W 43–0

References

  1. "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 127. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
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