1949 Lafayette Leopards football team
American college football season
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The 1949 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the Middle Three Conference during the 1949 college football season. In its first season under head coach Clipper Smith, the team compiled a 2–6 record.[1] Gordon Schleer and Joseph Zahurak were the team captains.[2] The team played home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record2–6 (1–1 Middle Three)
Headcoach
- Clipper Smith (1st season)
Captains
- Gordon Schleer
- Joseph Zahurak
| 1949 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 2–6 (1–1 Middle Three) |
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| Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 24 | at Princeton* | L 14–26 | 8,200 | [3] | |||
| October 1 | at Syracuse* | L 13–20 | 22,000 | [4] | |||
| October 8 | Muhlenberg* | W 35–14 | 7,000 | [5] | |||
| October 22 | Delaware* |
| L 0–7 | 8,000 | [6] | ||
| October 28 | at George Washington* | L 7–14 | 3,954 | [7] | |||
| November 5 | Rutgers |
| L 0–14 | 8,500 | [8] | ||
| November 12 | Bucknell* |
| L 14–21 | 6,000 | [9] | ||
| November 19 | at Lehigh | W 21–12 | 17,000 | [10] | |||
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