1941 Lafayette Leopards football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1941 Lafayette Leopards football Middle Three Conference Middle Three 5–4 2–0 Edward Mylin 5th Joseph Laird John McKenna Fisher Field Middle Three champion The 1941 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team represented the Lafayette College as a member of the Middle Three Conference during the 1941 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Edward Mylin, the team compiled a 5–4 record and won the Middle Three championship.2009 Lafayette Football Media Guide Lafayette College 2009 February 2, 2019 https://s3.amazonaws.com/goleopards.com/documents/2018/8/2/2009FB_125_154.pdf Joseph Laird and John McKenna were the team captains.Football Captains Lafayette University June 15, 2020 https://goleopards.com/sports/2018/7/27/sports-m-footbl-spec-rel-lafa-m-footbl-captains-html.aspx The team played home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania. Lafayette was ranked at No. 95 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published The Courier-Journal Dr. E. E. Litkenhous December 26, 1941 Sports 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123088221/gophers-grid-kings-over-6-year-span/ Newspapers.com Schedule y y September 27 at Virginia<ncg> Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA L 0-25 9,000 28 Sep 1941, Page 25 - Daily Press at Newspapers.com October 4 NYU<ncg> Fisher Field Easton, PA L 0-6 7,500 N.Y.U. 6, Lafayette 0 Sunday Call-Chronicle October 5, 1941 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36004486/nyu_6_lafayette_0/ Newspapers.com October 11 at Navy<ncg> Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD L 2-41 21,000 Navy Takes Easy Win From Lafayette, 41-2 The Baltimore Sun October 12, 1941 Sports 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35902904/navy_takes_easy_win_from_lafayette_412/ Newspapers.com October 18 1941 Muhlenberg Mules Muhlenberg<ncg> Fisher Field Easton, PA W 40-0 Lafayette Routs Mules 40-0 Sunday Call-Chronicle October 19, 1941 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36355722/lafayette_routs_mules_400/ Newspapers.com October 25 Brown<ncg> Fisher Field Easton, PA L 0-13 8,000 Two Specatacular Runs Win 13-0 Decision for Brown Over Lafayette at Easton Allentown Sunday Call-Chronicle October 26, 1941 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35865839/two_specatacular_runs_win_130_decision/ Newspapers.com November 1 at 1941 Gettysburg Bullets Gettysburg<ncg> Gettysburg, PA W 17-6 Lafayette Sends Gettysburg to 17-6 Defeat Sunday Call-Chronicle November 2, 1941 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36355840/lafayette_sends_gettysburg_to_176/ Newspapers.com November 8 Rutgers Fisher Field Easton, PA W 16-0 10,000 Lafayette Downs Rutgers, 16 to 0 The Philadelphia Inquirer November 9, 1941 4S https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36355944/lafayette_downs_rutgers_16_to_0/ Newspapers.com November 15 Western Maryland<ncg> Fisher Field Easton, PA W 26-0 5,000 Varsity Plays One Period As Lafayette Wins 26-0 Over Western Maryland Sunday Call-Chronicle November 16, 1941 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36356062/varsity_plays_one_period_as_lafayette/ Newspapers.com November 22 at Lehigh Bethlehem, PA (rivalry) W 47-7 10,000 Lafayette Rolls Over Lehigh, 47 to 7 Sunday Call-Chronicle November 23, 1941 14–15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36356206/lafayette_rolls_over_lehigh_47_to_7/ Newspapers.com References Lafayette Category:Lafayette Leopards football seasons Lafayette football