1937 Lafayette Leopards football team

1937 Lafayette Leopards football
Middle Three champion
Conference	Middle Three Conference
Record	8–0 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach	Edward Mylin (1st season)
Captain	Edward Kanzler
Home stadium	Fisher Field
Seasons ←  1936 1938  →

1937 Middle Three Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Lafayette $	2	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	0
Rutgers	1	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Lehigh	0	–	2	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1937 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the Middle Three Conference during the 1937 college football season. In its first season under head coach Edward Mylin, the team compiled an 8–0 record, won the Middle Three championship, shut out seven of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 103 to 6. ^[1]

Center John Quigg was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) as a third-team player on the 1937 All-Eastern football team. ^[2]

Other key players included end Ernest Kanzler who was chosen as the team captain, ^[3] end Harold Simmons, ^[4] and halfback Tommy Kearns.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 2	Upsala *	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 33–0	[5]
October 9	at Gettysburg *	Gettysburg, PA	W 2–0	[6]
October 16	at Georgetown *	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 6–0	[7]
October 23	at NYU *	Yankee Stadium New York, NY	W 13–0	[8]
October 30	Franklin & Marshall *	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 14–0	[9]
November 6	Rutgers	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 13–6	[10]
November 13	Washington & Jefferson *	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 16–0
November 20	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlethem, PA (rivalry)	W 6–0	[11]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 127. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
2. "Elliot Hooper Named on NEA All-East Team". The Ithaca Journal. November 20, 1937. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
4. "Lafayette Star Finds It Hard to Study After Hours Spent on Practice Field". The Evening News. November 26, 1937. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Leopards Down Upsala Easily". The Morning Call. October 3, 1937. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Lafayette Turns Tables on Bullets". The Gazette and Daily. October 11, 1937. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Pass Nets Win For Lafayette At Georgetown". Allentown Morning Call. October 17, 1937. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Lafayette defeats N.Y.U., 13–0, to keep its 1937 slate clean". Allentown Morning Call. October 24, 1937. p. 16. Retrieved September 21, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Lafayette Wins Fifth Straight". The Gazette and Daily. November 1, 1937. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Lafayette beats Rutgers, 13–6, to keep its 1937 slate clean". The Morning Call. November 7, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
11. Childs, Kingsley (November 21, 1937). "Lafayette victor, staying unbeaten". The New York Times . p. S1.