1928 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–2
Head coach
CaptainRichard Guest
Home stadiumFisher Field
1928 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Boston College    9 0 0
Villanova    7 0 1
Brown    8 1 0
No. 11 Penn    8 1 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech    7 1 0
No. 9 Army    8 2 0
Drexel    8 2 0
No. 10 NYU    8 2 0
Temple    7 1 2
Lafayette    6 1 2
Princeton    5 1 2
CCNY    4 1 2
Pittsburgh    6 2 1
Harvard    5 2 1
Tufts    5 2 1
Colgate    6 3 0
Rutgers    6 3 0
Bucknell    5 2 3
Columbia    5 3 1
Boston University    3 3 2
Cornell    3 3 2
Syracuse    4 4 1
Yale    4 4 0
Fordham    4 5 0
Franklin & Marshall    4 5 0
Penn State    3 5 1
Lehigh    3 6 0
Washington & Jefferson    2 5 2
Providence    1 5 3
Vermont    1 7 2
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1928 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Herb McCracken, the team compiled a 6–1–2 record.[1] Richard Guest was the team captain.[2] The team played its home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29AlbrightW 78–0
October 6Muhlenberg
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 56–0
October 13George Washington
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 28–0
October 20at BucknellLewisburg, PAT 0–016,000[3]
October 27West Virginia
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
L 0–17
November 3Washington & Jefferson
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
T 13–13
November 10at Rutgers
W 16–0[4]
November 17Penn State
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 7–0
November 24Lehigh
W 38–14

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. "Bison's Defense, Firm Under Fire, Holds Lafayette". October 22, 1938. p. 5 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Lafayette Maroon team turns Rutgers Scarlet into victory blue". The Morning Call. November 11, 1928. p. 14. Retrieved September 20, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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