1943 Lafayette Leopards football team
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1943 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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Middle Three co-champion | |
Conference | Middle Three Conference |
Record | 4–1 (3–1 Middle Three) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Walter Sergy |
Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 and won the Middle Three championship.[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 | Source | ||
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October 16 | Atlantic City NAS* | W 12–0 | [4] | |||
October 23 | Lehigh |
| W 39–7 | |||
November 6 | at Rutgers | L 0–13 | ||||
November 20 | Rutgers |
| W 9–2 | |||
November 27 | at Lehigh |
| W 58–0 | |||
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References
- ^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 127. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ 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 .
- ^ "Lafayette Wins, 12-0, Over Naval Air Cadets". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 17, 1943. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.
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