1943 Lafayette Leopards football team

1943 Lafayette Leopards football
Middle Three co-champion
Conference	Middle Three Conference
Record	4–1 (3–1 Middle Three)
Head coach	Ben Wolfson (1st season)
Captain	Walter Sergy
Home stadium	Fisher Field
Seasons ←  1942 1944  →

1943 Middle Three Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Lafayette +	3	–	1	–	0			4	–	1	–	0
Rutgers +	3	–	1	–	0			3	–	2	–	0
Lehigh	0	–	4	–	0			0	–	5	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1943 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the Middle Three Conference during the 1943 college football season. In its first season under head coach Ben Wolfson, the team compiled a 4–1 record (3–1 in conference games), won the Middle Three championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 118 to 22. ^[1] Walter Sergy was the team captain. ^[2]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Lafayette ranked 111th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 63.6. ^[3]

The team played its home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 16	Atlantic City NAS *	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 12–0		[4]
October 23	Lehigh	Fisher Field Easton, PA (rivalry)	W 39–7		[5]
November 6	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 0–13	4,000	[6]
November 20	Rutgers	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 9–2	7,000	[7]
November 27	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlethem, PA	W 58–0	3,500	[8] [9]
*Non-conference game

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. Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune . Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023– via Newspapers.com .
4. "Lafayette Wins, 12-0, Over Naval Air Cadets". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 17, 1943. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Stan Baumgartner (October 24, 1943). "Lehigh Swamped By Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
6. Jack Lewis (November 7, 1943). "Lafayette Vanquished By Rutgers: Leopards Lose by 13-0; Scarlet Scores Twice in Second Period". The Sunday Times. pp. 1, 12 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Son of Ex-Lafayette Ace Stars as Rutgers Bows, 9-2". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 21, 1943. pp. 1S, 3S – via Newspapers.com.
8. Richardson, William D. (November 28, 1943). "Lafayette Power Routs Lehigh, 58-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
9. "Lafayette Has Field Day In Rolling Up Big 58 to 0 Score on Lehigh's Engineers". Sunday Call-Chronicle. November 28, 1943. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.