1948 Lafayette Leopards football team
American college football season
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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. Lafayette declined an invitation to the 1949 Sun Bowl, as African-American running back David Showell would not have been allowed to play in the game.[2] The team played home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record7–2 (1-1 Middle Three)
Headcoach
- Ivy Williamson (2nd season)
CaptainDaniel Kovacs[1]
| 1948 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 7–2 (1-1 Middle Three) |
| Head coach |
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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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Lafayette was ranked at No. 80 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 25 | Fordham* | W 53–14 | 12,000 | [4] | |||
| October 2 | at Army* | L 7–54 | 20,123 | [5] | |||
| October 9 | Washington & Jefferson* |
| W 56–15 | 8,000 | [6] | ||
| October 16 | at Muhlenberg* |
| W 46–13 | 21,000 | [7] | ||
| October 23 | at Bucknell* | W 19–7 | 5,000 | [8] | |||
| October 30 | George Washington* |
| W 33–14 | 12,000 | [9] | ||
| November 6 | at Rutgers | L 13–34 | 18,000 | [10] | |||
| November 13 | Ohio Wesleyan* |
| W 27–7 | 6,000 | [11] | ||
| November 20 | Lehigh |
| W 23–13 | 21,000 | [12] | ||
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