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1911 Lafayette football team

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1911 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Dannehower
Home stadiumMarch Field
Seasons
← 1910
1912 →
1911 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn State     8 0 1
Carlisle     11 1 0
Princeton     8 0 2
Trinity (CT)     6 0 2
Temple     6 1 0
Army     6 1 1
Swarthmore     6 1 1
Dartmouth     8 2 0
Lafayette     8 2 0
Yale     7 2 1
Harvard     6 2 1
Cornell     7 3 0
Rhode Island State     5 2 1
Brown     7 3 1
Bucknell     6 3 1
Penn     7 4 0
Pittsburgh     4 3 1
Washington & Jefferson     6 4 0
Syracuse     5 3 2
Dickinson     4 4 0
Lehigh     5 5 1
Rutgers     4 4 1
Dickinson     4 4 0
St. Bonaventure     2 2 0
Carnegie Tech     4 5 0
Holy Cross     4 5 0
Tufts     3 4 0
Vermont     3 5 0
NYU     1 3 3
Colgate     3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall     3 6 0
Geneva     1 6 1
Villanova     0 5 1
Boston College     0 7 0

The 1911 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1911 college football season. Under head coaches Bob Folwell (first five games) and Samuel B. Newton (final five games), the team compiled an 8–2 record.[1] William Dannehower was the team captain.[2] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Bloomsburg
W 53–0
September 30Ursinus
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 3–0
October 7Swarthmore
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 12–5
October 14Gettysburg
W 36–0
October 21at SyracuseW 10–05,500
October 28Carlisle
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
L 0–19
November 4Bucknell
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 6–0[3]
November 11at PennL 6–23
November 25at LehighSouth Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)W 11–0
November 30Dickinson
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 6–0[4]

References

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  1. ^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 125. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "Lafayette, 6; Bucknell, 0: Contest Close and Doubtful". The Lewisburg Journal. November 10, 1911. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Lafayette 6; Dickinson 0". The Dickinsonian. December 8, 1911. p. 1.