1952 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record0–9 (0–2 Middle Three)
Head coach
CaptainEdward Greaves, Jack Herbruck
Home stadiumFisher Field
1952 Middle Three Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lehigh + 1 –0 –05 –4 –0
Rutgers + 1 –0 –04 –4 –1
Lafayette 0 –2 –00 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1952 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the Middle Three Conference during the 1952 college football season. In its first season under head coach Steve Hokuf, the team compiled a 0–9 record.[1] Edward Greaves and Jack Herbruck were the team captains.[2] The team played its home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Bucknell*
L 13–45 9,000 [3]
October 4Albright*
L 6–28 4,000 [4]
October 11at Muhlenberg*
L 0–37 5,000 [5]
October 18at Princeton*
L 0–48 10,000 [6]
October 25at Yale*
L 0–47 18,000 [7]
November 1NYU*
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
L 7–14 6,000 [8]
November 8at Rutgers
L 6–21 5,000 [9]
November 15at Delaware*
L 12–13 1,800 [10]
November 22Lehigh
L 7–14 15,000 [11]
  • *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. ↑ "Bucknell Tramples Lafayette, 45 to 13". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. Associated Press. September 28, 1952. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Albright Jars Lafayette as Sudol Stars, 28-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 5, 1952. p. S5 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ McCarron, Joe (October 12, 1952). "Mules Crush Lafayette, 37-0, for First Victory". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 19, 1952). "Princeton's Powerful Ground Attack and Aerials Overcome Lafayette Eleven". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S3.
  7. ↑ Griffith, Owen (October 26, 1952). "Yale Maintains Winning Record Against Lafayette with Easy 47-0 Victory". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. IV, p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "NYU Nips Lafayette, 14-7, in Last Period". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. November 2, 1952. p. 124 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Burns, Joe (November 9, 1952). "Rutgers Downs Lafayette, 21-6, for Third Straight Win". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Delaware Ekes Out Win over Lafayette, 13-12". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. November 16, 1952. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Morrow, Art (November 23, 1952). "Lehigh Beats Lafayette on 4th Period TD, 14-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
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