1916 Lafayette football team

1916 Lafayette football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–6–1
Head coach	Wilmer G. Crowell (3rd season)
Captain	Paul Taylor
Home stadium	March Field
Seasons ←  1915 1917  →

1916 Eastern college football independents records

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

The 1916 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1916 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach Wilmer G. Crowell, the team compiled a 2–6–1 record. ^[1] Paul Taylor was the team captain. ^[2] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 30	Fordham	March Field Easton, PA	T 0–0	[3]
October 7	Swarthmore	March Field Easton, PA	L 6–10
October 14	Ursinus	March Field Easton, PA	L 0–6
October 21	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–33
October 28	Lebanon Valley	March Field Easton, PA	W 27–14
November 4	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–19
November 11	Albright	March Field Easton, PA	W 32–0
November 17	at Penn State	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 0–40
November 25	Lehigh	March Field Easton, PA (rivalry)	L 0–16

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. "Fordham in Scoreless Tie". The New York Times. October 1, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.