1929 Lafayette Leopards football team

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1929 Lafayette Leopards football
Middle Three co-champion
Conference Middle Three Conference
Record3–5 (1–1 Middle Three)
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Sherwood
Home stadium Fisher Field
Seasons
  1928
1930  
1929 Middle Three Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lehigh + 1 1 04 3 2
Rutgers + 1 1 05 4 0
Lafayette + 1 1 03 5 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1929 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the Middle Three Conference during the 1929 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Herb McCracken, the team compiled a 3–5 record. [1] William Sherwood was the team captain. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5 Muhlenberg *W 23–0
October 12 Manhattan *
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 23–0
October 19 Bucknell *
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
L 3–6 [3]
October 26at Penn State *L 3–610,000
November 2at Washington & Jefferson *L 0–20
November 9 Rutgers
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 20–6
November 16at Temple *L 0–13 [4]
November 23at Lehigh L 12–13
  • *Non-conference game

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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.
  3. "Bucknell Defeats Lafayettee, 6 to 3". The Sunday News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. October 20, 1929. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Temple Treads on Lafayette: Owls Display Fine Strength and Fell Lafayette Foemen". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 17, 1929. p. 1S, 8S via Newspapers.com.