1915 Lafayette football team

1915 Lafayette football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–3
Head coach	Wilmer G. Crowell (2nd season)
Captain	John Luhr
Home stadium	March Field
Seasons ←  1914 1916  →

1915 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cornell			–					9	–	0	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	0	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					8	–	1	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	1	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	1	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	1	–	0
Syracuse			–					9	–	1	–	2
Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	1
Tufts			–					5	–	1	–	2
Penn State			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					8	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					6	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					6	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	1	–	1
Geneva			–					6	–	3	–	0
Wesleyan			–					6	–	3	–	0
Allegheny			–					5	–	3	–	0
Swarthmore			–					5	–	3	–	0
Army			–					5	–	3	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					3	–	2	–	2
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	1
Fordham			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	1
Middlebury			–					3	–	4	–	2
Muhlenberg			–					4	–	5	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	5	–	0
Boston College			–					3	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					3	–	5	–	2
WPI			–					3	–	5	–	1
Buffalo			–					3	–	5	–	0
Carlisle			–					3	–	6	–	2
Rhode Island State			–					3	–	5	–	0
New Hampshire			–					3	–	6	–	1
Gettysburg			–					3	–	6	–	0
Rochester			–					3	–	6	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	6	–	3
Vermont			–					1	–	4	–	2
Williams			–					1	–	7	–	0

The 1915 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In its second season under head coach Wilmer G. Crowell, the team compiled an 8–3 record. ^[1] John Luhr 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 25	Muhlenberg	March Field Easton, PA	W 14–7
October 2	Ursinus	March Field Easton, PA	W 13–2
October 9	at Washington & Jefferson	Washington, PA	L 0–17	6,000	[3]
October 16	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 3–40
October 23	Albright	March Field Easton, PA	W 46–0
October 30	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 17–0
November 6	Swarthmore	March Field Easton, PA	W 17–0
November 13	Penn State	March Field Easton, PA	L 3–33
November 20	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	W 35–6

References

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. "Lafayette Is Beaten By Wash-Jeff". The Pittsburgh Press . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 10, 1915. p. 23. Retrieved September 18, 2021– via Newspapers.com .