1947 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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Conference | Middle Three Conference |
Record | 6–3 (1–1 Middle Three) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Tod Saylor[1] |
Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1947 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach Ivy Williamson, the team compiled a 6–3 record and was outscored by a total of 156 to 89. The Leopards lost their first two games under their new head coach, but then won six of seven games during the remainder of the season.[2]
In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Lafayette was ranked at No. 164 out of 500 college football teams.[3]
The team played its home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 27 | Muhlenberg* | L 0–38 | 8,000 | [4] | |||
October 4 | at Penn* | L 0–59 | 51,283 | [5] | |||
October 11 | Gettysburg* |
| W 14–13 | 7,000 | [6] | ||
October 18 | Bucknell* |
| W 27–7 | 9,000 | [7] | ||
October 25 | at Washington & Jefferson* |
| W 20–12 | 5,500 | [8] | ||
November 1 | Syracuse* |
| W 14–7 | 10,000 | [9] | ||
November 8 | Rutgers |
| L 0–20 | 11,000 | [10] | ||
November 15 | at Fordham* | W 7–0 | 5,900 | [11] | |||
November 22 | at Lehigh | W 7–0 | 16,000 | [12] | |||
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