1923 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–2
Head coach
CaptainArthur Deibel
Home stadiumMarch Field
1923 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Cornell    8 0 0
Yale    8 0 0
St. John's    5 0 1
Dartmouth    8 1 0
Syracuse    8 1 0
Boston College    7 1 1
Rutgers    7 1 1
Washington & Jefferson    6 1 1
Holy Cross    8 2 0
Lafayette    6 1 2
Tufts    6 2 0
Army    6 2 1
Colgate    6 2 1
Geneva    6 2 1
Lehigh    6 2 1
NYU    6 2 1
Penn State    6 2 1
Vermont    6 3 1
Brown    6 4 0
Harvard    4 3 1
Carnegie Tech    4 3 1
Penn    5 4 0
Pittsburgh    5 4 0
Bucknell    4 4 1
Columbia    4 4 1
Duquesne    4 4 0
Princeton    3 3 1
Franklin & Marshall    3 5 1
Drexel    2 6 0
Buffalo    2 5 1
Fordham    2 7 0
Boston University    1 6 0
Villanova    0 7 1
Temple    0 5 0
CCNY    0 7 0
Springfield    0 7 0

The 1923 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach Jock Sutherland, the team compiled a 6–1–2 record.[1] Arthur Deibel was the team captain.[2] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Muhlenberg
W 20–0
October 6at PittsburghL 0–718,000[3][4][5]
October 13Franklin & Marshall
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 33–0
October 20Springfield
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 21–0[6]
October 27Rutgers
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
T 6–6
November 3vs. Washington & JeffersonT 6–6
November 10at PennW 8–6
November 17Dayton
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 45–0[7]
November 24at LehighW 13–3

References

  1. "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 126. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  3. "Forward Pass Gives Panthers Victory Over Lafayette Crew". The Morning Call. October 7, 1923. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Pitt's Win Over Lafayette Told Play-By-Play". The Gazette Times. October 7, 1923. p. III-5 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Pitt Smashes Records For Football Attendance". The Pitt Weekly. Vol. 14, no. 12. December 12, 1923. p. 7. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  6. "Lafayette Easily Downs Springfield". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1923. p. 23. Retrieved April 3, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. "Dayton University Blanked By Lafayette Grid Squad". The Morning Call. November 18, 1923. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.
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