1940 Lafayette Leopards football team
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The 1940 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the Middle Three Conference during the 1940 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Edward Mylin, the team compiled a 9–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 237 to 33.[1] The team was ranked No. 19 in the final AP poll.[2]
- Edward Mylin (4th season)
| 1940 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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Middle Three champion | |
| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 19 |
| Record | 9–0 (2–0 Middle Three) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | George Moyer |
| Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Lafayette $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lafayette led the country in both rushing offense (306.4 yards per game) and total offense (368.2 yards per game). They tallied 2,758 rushing yards, 556 passing yards, and 3,314 yards of total offense.[3]
Halfback George Moyer was the team captain.[4] Tackle Bill Collins was selected by the Associated Press (AP) as a second-team player on the 1940 All-Eastern football team.[5] Six Lafayette players received first-team honors from the conference coaches on the All-Middle Three team: halfbacks George "Sammy" Moyer and Walter Zirinsky; center Walter Wermuth; end John Svenson; tackle Bill Collins; and guard William Kresge.[6]
The team played home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 28 | Ursinus* | W 20–0 | [7] | |||||
| October 5 | at NYU* |
| W 9–7 | 12,000 | [8] | |||
| October 12 | at Muhlenberg* | Allentown, PA | W 26–7 | 5,000 | [9] | |||
| October 19 | Gettysburg* |
| W 45–6 | [10] | ||||
| October 26 | at Army* | W 19–0 | 20,000 | [11] | ||||
| November 2 | Washington & Jefferson* |
| W 25–0 | [12] | ||||
| November 9 | at Rutgers | No. 18 | W 7–6 | 19,000 | [13] | |||
| November 16 | Western Maryland* |
| W 40–7 | [14] | ||||
| November 23 | Lehigh |
| W 46–0 | 15,000 | [15] | |||
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Rankings
| Week | ||||||||
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | 18т | 19 |