1908 Lafayette football team

1908 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–2
Head coach
CaptainGeorge McCaa
Home stadiumMarch Field
Seasons
← 1907
1909 →
1908 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn   –   11 – 0 – 1
Harvard   –   9 – 0 – 1
Cornell   –   7 – 1 – 1
Fordham   –   5 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 1 – 1
Dartmouth   –   6 – 1 – 1
Carlisle   –   10 – 2 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   10 – 2 – 1
Army   –   6 – 1 – 2
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 3 – 0
Lafayette   –   6 – 2 – 2
Princeton   –   5 – 2 – 3
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   4 – 3 – 0
Lehigh   –   4 – 3 – 0
Dickinson   –   5 – 4 – 0
Amherst   –   3 – 3 – 2
Holy Cross   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   3 – 3 – 3
Wesleyan   –   3 – 4 – 2
Springfield Training School   –   3 – 4 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 3 – 2
Frankin & Marshall   –   4 – 6 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 2
Rutgers   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   2 – 4 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 7 – 0
Geneva   –   1 – 6 – 2
Tufts   –   1 – 6 – 1
Villanova   –   1 – 6 – 0
Drexel   –   0 – 7 – 0

The 1908 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach George Barclay, the team compiled a 6–2–2 record, shut out six opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 102 to 57.[1][2] George McCaa was the team captain.[3] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 26Wyoming Seminary
W 10–0
October 3Stroudsburg Normal
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 22–0
October 7Superba Athletic Club
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 12–0
October 10at Princeton
T 0–0
October 17Medico-Chirurgical
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 23–0
October 24at Brown
W 8–6
October 31Bucknell
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
T 6–6
November 7at Penn
L 4–34[4]
November 21LehighEaston, PAL 5–11
November 26DickinsonEaston, PAW 12–0

References

  1. ^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 124. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "1908 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "Lafayette Simply Given a Beating by Penn, 34-4". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 8, 1908 – via Newspapers.com.