1954 Lafayette Leopards football team
American college football season
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The 1954 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1954 college football season. Lafayette tied for the Middle Three Conference championship. In their third year under head coach Steve Hokuf, the Leopards compiled a 4–5 record.[1] In the Middle Three Conference, all three teams finished with 1–1 records, resulting in a three-way tie. Russell Hedden was the team captain.[2] Lafayette played home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record7–2 (1–1 Middle Three)
Headcoach
- Steve Hokuf (3rd season)
CaptainRussell Hedden
| 1954 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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Middle Three co-champion | |
| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 7–2 (1–1 Middle Three) |
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| Captain | Russell Hedden |
| Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh + | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers + | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette + | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 25 | Albright* | W 26–0 | 6,000 | [3] | |||
| October 2 | Carnegie Tech* |
| L 21–23 | 8,000 | [4] | ||
| October 9 | at Muhlenberg* | L 0–27 | 7,500 | [5] | |||
| October 16 | at Buffalo* | W 26–0 | 2,000 | [6] | |||
| October 23 | at Bucknell* | L 0–7 | 7,000 | [7] | |||
| October 30 | Gettysburg* |
| W 20–6 | 6,000 | [8] | ||
| November 6 | at Rutgers | L 0–7 | 11,000 | [9] | |||
| November 13 | at Delaware* | L 7–41 | 4,858 | [10] | |||
| November 20 | Lehigh |
| W 46–0 | 17,000 | [11] | ||
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