1937 Lafayette Leopards football team
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The 1937 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the Middle Three Conference during the 1937 college football season. In its first season under head coach Edward Mylin, the team compiled an 8â0 record, won the Middle Three championship, shut out seven of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 103 to 6.[1]
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record8â0 (2â0 Middle Three)
Headcoach
- Edward Mylin (1st season)
CaptainEdward Kanzler
| 1937 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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Middle Three champion | |
| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 8â0 (2â0 Middle Three) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Edward Kanzler |
| Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette $ | 2 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 1 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 8 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Center John Quigg was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) as a third-team player on the 1937 All-Eastern football team.[2]
Other key players included end Ernest Kanzler who was chosen as the team captain,[3] end Harold Simmons,[4] and halfback Tommy Kearns.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| October 2 | Upsala* | W 33â0 | [5] | |||
| October 9 | at Gettysburg* | Gettysburg, PA | W 2â0 | [6] | ||
| October 16 | at Georgetown* | W 6â0 | [7] | |||
| October 23 | at NYU* |
| W 13â0 | [8] | ||
| October 30 | Franklin & Marshall* |
| W 14â0 | [9] | ||
| November 6 | Rutgers |
| W 13â6 | [10] | ||
| November 13 | Washington & Jefferson* |
| W 16â0 | |||
| November 20 | at Lehigh | W 6â0 | [11] | |||
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