1967 Lafayette Leopards football team

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1967 Lafayette Leopards football
Conference Middle Atlantic Conference
DivisionUniversity Division
Record4–5 (2–3 MAC)
Head coach
CaptainRobert Albus
Home stadium Fisher Field
Seasons
←  1966
1968  →
1967 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
University Division
Temple x 4 –0 –07 –2 –0
Hofstra 3 –1 –08 –2 –0
Bucknell 3 –2 –04 –6 –0
Gettysburg 2 –3 –04 –5 –0
Delaware 2 –3 –02 –7 –0
Lafayette 2 –3 –04 –5 –0
Lehigh 0 –4 –01 –8 –0
West Chester * 0 –0 –09 –0 –0
Northern College Division
Wilkes x 8 –0 –08 –0 –0
Wagner x 5 –0 –09 –0 –0
Juniata x 5 –0 –07 –1 –0
Delaware Valley 5 –2 –06 –2 –0
Albright 4 –3 –05 –4 –0
Upsala 4 –4 –04 –4 –0
Lycoming 3 –5 –03 –5 –0
Moravian 3 –6 –03 –6 –0
Susquehanna * 0 –3 –01 –8 –0
Southern College Division
Johns Hopkins x 6 –0 –06 –1 –0
Western Maryland 3 –2 –06 –3 –0
Franklin & Marshall 4 –3 –04 –4 –0
Swarthmore 3 –5 –03 –5 –0
Lebanon Valley 3 –5 –03 –5 –0
Dickinson 3 –5 –03 –5 –0
Pennsylvania Military 3 –5 –03 –6 –0
Haverford 2 –4 –02 –5 –0
Muhlenberg 2 –5 –12 –5 –1
Ursinus 1 –6 –11 –6 –1
Drexel 1 –5 –03 –5 –0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

The 1967 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1967 NCAA College Division football season. Lafayette tied for fourth in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division, and finished second in the Middle Three Conference.

In their first year under head coach Harry Gamble, the Leopards compiled a 4–5 record. [1] Robert Albus was the team captain. [2]

In conference play, Lafayette's 2–3 record against MAC University Division opponents placed the Leopards in a three-way tie for fourth place among the seven competitors for the division title, with Gettysburg and Delaware. Lafayette went 1–1 against its Middle Three rivals, losing to Rutgers and beating Lehigh.

Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 at No. 12 Hofstra
L 0–28 3,800–4,000 [3]
September 30 at Harvard *
L 0–51 13,000–15,000 [4]
October 7 Bucknell
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 21–6 6,000 [5]
October 14 Washington & Lee *
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 17–6 3,000–3,500 [6]
October 21 Delaware
L 2–21 8,000–10,000 [7]
October 28 at Gettysburg
L 17–27 7,360 [8]
November 4 Rutgers
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
L 3–27 6,000–8,000 [9]
November 11 at Merchant Marine *
W 36–7 7,000 [10]
November 18 at Lehigh
W 6–0 13,000–13,500 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

[12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lafayette Football 1963-1986". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 104. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Team Captains 1882-2019". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 97. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Lafayette Blanked, 28-0, in Debut for Gamble". Sunday Call-Chronicle . Allentown, Pa. September 4, 1967. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Fitzgerald, Tom (October 1, 1967). "Harvard Crushes Lafayette, 51-0". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Harvard Scores Four Times in Second Quarter and Routs Lafayette, 51 to 0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. October 1, 1967. p. S7.
  5. ↑ May, Paul (October 8, 1967). "Lafayette Wins First". Sunday Call-Chronicle . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ May, Paul (October 15, 1967). "Leopards Top Generals, 17-6". Sunday Call-Chronicle . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ May, Paul (October 22, 1967). "Hens Stun Lafayette". Sunday Call-Chronicle . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Gettysburg, 27-17, over Lafayette". Sunday News . Lancaster, Pa. Associated Press. October 29, 1967. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ May, Paul (November 5, 1967). "Rutgers Belts Lafayette, 27-3". Sunday Call-Chronicle . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Alert Lafayette Rips Kings Pt., 36-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. November 12, 1967. sect. 3, p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Buss, Jim (November 19, 1967). "Lafayette Nips Lehigh on Late TD". Sunday Call-Chronicle . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Lafayette)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved August 16, 2024.
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