1928 Lafayette Leopards football team

1928 Lafayette Leopards football
1928 Lafayette Leopards football
Conference	Independent
1928 record	6–1–2
Head coach	Herb McCracken (5th season);
Captain	Richard Guest
Home stadium	Fisher Field
	Seasons ← 1927 1929 →

The 1928 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Herb McCracken, the team compiled a 6–1–2 record.^[1] Richard Guest was the team captain.^[2] The team played its home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 29	Albright	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 78–0
October 6	Muhlenberg	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 56–0
October 13	George Washington	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 28–0
October 20	at Bucknell	Lewisburg, PA	T 0–0
October 27	West Virginia	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 0–17
November 3	Washington & Jefferson	Fisher Field Easton, PA	T 13–13
November 10	at Rutgers	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 16–0	^[3]
November 17	Penn State	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 7–0
November 24	Lehigh	Fisher Field Easton, PA (rivalry)	W 38–14

^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 127. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
^ "Lafayette Maroon team turns Rutgers Scarlet into victory blue". The Morning Call. November 11, 1928. p. 14. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

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National championship seasons in bold

1928 Eastern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Boston College		–		9	–	0	–	0
Villanova		–		7	–	0	–	1
Brown		–		8	–	1	–	0
Penn		–		8	–	1	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		7	–	1	–	0
Army		–		8	–	2	–	0
Drexel		–		8	–	2	–	0
NYU		–		8	–	2	–	0
Temple		–		7	–	1	–	2
Lafayette		–		6	–	1	–	2
Princeton		–		5	–	1	–	2
CCNY		–		4	–	1	–	2
Pittsburgh		–		6	–	2	–	1
Harvard		–		5	–	2	–	1
Tufts		–		5	–	2	–	1
Colgate		–		6	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		6	–	3	–	0
Bucknell		–		5	–	2	–	3
Columbia		–		5	–	3	–	1
Boston University		–		3	–	3	–	2
Cornell		–		3	–	3	–	2
Syracuse		–		4	–	4	–	1
Yale		–		4	–	4	–	0
Fordham		–		4	–	5	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		4	–	5	–	0
Penn State		–		3	–	5	–	1
Lehigh		–		3	–	6	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		2	–	5	–	2
Vermont		–		1	–	7	–	2