1937 Lafayette Leopards football
Middle Three champion
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record8–0 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach
CaptainEdward Kanzler
Home stadiumFisher Field
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Middle Three Conference football standings
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.[1] Edward Kanzler was the team captain.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2Upsala*
W 33–0
October 9at Gettysburg*Gettysburg, PAW 2–0
October 16at Georgetown*
W 6–0
October 23at NYU*
W 13–0[3]
October 30Franklin & Marshall*
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 14–0
November 6Rutgers
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 13–6[4]
November 13Washington & Jefferson*
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 16–0
November 20at Lehigh
W 6–0[5]
  • *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. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Lafayette beats Rutgers, 13–6, to keep its 1937 slate clean". The Morning Call. November 7, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Childs, Kingsley (November 21, 1937). "Lafayette victor, staying unbeaten". The New York Times. p. S1.
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