1907 Lafayette football team

1907 Lafayette football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–2–1
Head coach	Alfred E. Bull (5th season)
Captain	Charles Ellicott
Home stadium	March Field
Seasons ←  1906 1908  →

1907 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth			–					8	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					11	–	1	–	0
Carlisle			–					10	–	1	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	0	–	2
Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	1
Cornell			–					8	–	2	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					8	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					7	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	1
Lehigh			–					7	–	2	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	2	–	0
Army			–					6	–	2	–	1
NYU			–					5	–	2	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	1	–	2
Harvard			–					7	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	1
Drexel			–					3	–	2	–	2
Colgate			–					4	–	4	–	1
Geneva			–					4	–	5	–	2
Dickinson			–					3	–	4	–	2
Amherst			–					3	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	6	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	5	–	1
Springfield Training School			–					2	–	4	–	2
Bucknell			–					4	–	7	–	0
New Hampshire			–					1	–	5	–	2
Villanova			–					1	–	5	–	1
Holy Cross			–					1	–	7	–	2
Wesleyan			–					1	–	7	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					1	–	8	–	0

The 1907 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1907 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach Alfred E. Bull, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record, shut out five opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 198 to 50. ^{[1] [2]} Charles Ellicott was the team captain. ^[3] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Wyoming Seminary	Easton, PA	W 22–0
October 5	Ursinus	Easton, PA	W 21–0
October 12	Hamilton	Easton, PA	W 43–0
October 19	Colgate	Easton, PA	W 21–9		[4]
October 26	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–17
November 2	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–15
November 9	Bucknell	Easton, PA	W 34–0
November 16	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	T 4–4
November 23	at Lehigh	Lehigh Field Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	W 22–5	10,000	[5]
November 28	Dickinson	March Field Easton, PA	W 31–0

References

1. "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 124. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
2. "1907 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
3. "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
4. "Lafayette Wins From Colgate: Eastonians Defeat Hamilton Team in Hard and Fiercely Contested Game". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 20, 1907. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Lafayette Again Defeats Lehigh". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 24, 1907. p. 14B. Retrieved August 31, 2023– via Newspapers.com .