1911 Lafayette football team

1911 Lafayette football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–2
Head coach	Bob Folwell (3rd season; first 5 games) Samuel B. Newton (last 5 games)
Captain	William Dannehower
Home stadium	March Field
Seasons ←  1910 1912  →

1911 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn State			–					8	–	0	–	1
Carlisle			–					11	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	0	–	2
Trinity (CT)			–					6	–	0	–	2
Temple			–					6	–	1	–	0
Army			–					6	–	1	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	1	–	1
Dartmouth			–					8	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					8	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					6	–	2	–	1
Cornell			–					7	–	3	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					7	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					4	–	3	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Dickinson			–					4	–	4	–	0
Lehigh			–					5	–	5	–	1
Rutgers			–					4	–	4	–	1
Dickinson			–					4	–	4	–	0
St. Bonaventure			–					2	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	0
Vermont			–					3	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	3	–	3
Colgate			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					1	–	5	–	1
Geneva			–					1	–	6	–	1
Villanova			–					0	–	5	–	1
Boston College			–					0	–	7	–	0

The 1911 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1911 college football season. Under head coaches Bob Folwell (first five games) and Samuel B. Newton (final five games), the team compiled an 8–2 record. ^[1] William Dannehower was the team captain. ^[2] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Bloomsburg Normal	March Field Easton, PA	W 53–0
September 30	Ursinus	March Field Easton, PA	W 3–0
October 7	Swarthmore	March Field Easton, PA	W 12–5
October 14	Gettysburg	March Field Easton, PA	W 36–0
October 21	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 10–0	5,500
October 28	Carlisle	March Field Easton, PA	L 0–19
November 4	Bucknell	March Field Easton, PA	W 6–0		[3]
November 11	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–23
November 25	at Lehigh	South Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	W 11–0
November 30	Dickinson	March Field Easton, PA	W 6–0		[4]

References

1. "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 125. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
2. "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
3. "Lafayette, 6; Bucknell, 0: Contest Close and Doubtful". The Lewisburg Journal. November 10, 1911. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Lafayette 6; Dickinson 0". The Dickinsonian. December 8, 1911. p. 1.