1948 Lafayette Leopards football team
| 1948 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 7–2 |
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| Captain | Daniel Kovacs[1] |
| Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1948 college football season. In its second season under head coach Ivy Williamson, the team compiled a 7–2 record and outscored its opponents by a total of 277 to 171.[2] The team played its home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania. The team is notable for declining an invitation to the 1949 Sun Bowl, as African-American running back David Showell would not have been allowed to play in the game.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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| September 25 | Fordham | W 53–14 | |
| October 2 | at Army | L 7–54 | |
| October 9 | Washington & Jefferson |
| W 56–15 |
| October 16 | at Muhlenberg |
| W 46–13 |
| October 23 | at Bucknell | W 19–7 | |
| October 30 | George Washington |
| W 33–14 |
| November 6 | at Rutgers | L 13–34 | |
| November 13 | Ohio Wesleyan |
| W 27–7 |
| November 20 | Lehigh |
| W 23–13 |
References
- ^ "Football Captains". goleopards.com. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ "Lafayette Yearly Totals". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ "The 1949 Sun Bowl -- Lafayette Makes Statement on Segregation". goleopards.com. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ "2009 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette College. 2009. p. 149. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ "Lafayette (PA) Yearly Results (1945–1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
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