1939 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record4–5 (1–1 Middle Three)
Head coach
CaptainHunter Jaggard
Home stadiumFisher Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rutgers $ 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
Lafayette 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Lehigh 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1939 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the Middle Three Conference during the 1939 college football season. In its third season under head coach Edward Mylin, the team compiled a 4–5 record.[1] Hunter Jaggard was the team captain.[2]

Lafayette was ranked at No. 97 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Ursinus*
W 33–04,000[4]
October 7at Penn*
L 0–635,000[5]
October 14Muhlenberg*
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
L 6–78,000[6]
October 21at Dartmouth*
L 0–14[7]
October 28Gettysburg*
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 40–0[8]
November 4at NYU*
L 0–14[9]
November 11Rutgers
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
L 6–1312,000[10]
November 18Washington & Jefferson*
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 13–04,000[11]
November 25at Lehigh
W 29–1313,000[12][13]
  • *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. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Lafayette Rolls Up 33-0 Score on Ursinus Eleven To Take Season's Opener". Sunday Call-Chronicle. October 1, 1939. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Perry Lewis (October 8, 1939). "Penn Downs Lafayette, 6-0, On Chizmadia's Touchdown: Quaker Eleven Unimpressive In Opening Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Muhlenberg Scores 7-6 Win Over Lafayette: Spectacular 86-Yard Drive in Final Period Scores Winning Tally for 'Mules'". Sunday Call-Chronicle. October 15, 1939. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Dartmouth Turns Back Scrappy Lafayette Crew In Tight Game 14 to 0". Sunday Call-Chronicle. October 22, 1939. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Lafayette Rolls Up 40-0 Score in Stopping Bullets Of Gettysburg at Easton". Sunday Call-Chronicle. October 29, 1939. pp. 13, 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "New York University scores convincing win over Lafayette, 14–0". The Morning Call. November 5, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Undefeated Rutgers Wins Over Lafayette, 13 to 6, To Take Middle Three Title". Sunday Call-Chronicle. November 12, 1939. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Lafayette Beats W.-J". The Pittsburgh Press. November 19, 1939. p. II-9 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Childs, Kingsley (November 26, 1939). "Lafayette, Led by Zirinsky, Sophomore Ace, Closes With Rush to Conquer Lehigh, 29-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  13. ^ "Lafayette Wins Over Lehigh, 29 to 13: Walt Zirinsky, Northampton Boy, Paces Leopards as They Take Measure of Old Rival". Sunday Call-Chronicle. November 26, 1939. pp. 16, 17 – via Newspapers.com.
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