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1926 Lafayette Leopards football team

1926 Lafayette Leopards football
National champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Head coach
CaptainFrank Kirkleski
Home stadiumFisher Field
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →
1926 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Lafayette   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 10 Brown   –   9 – 0 – 1
NYU   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Army   –   7 – 1 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   7 – 1 – 1
Boston College   –   6 – 0 – 2
No. 10 Penn   –   7 – 1 – 1
Cornell   –   6 – 1 – 1
Princeton   –   5 – 1 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 2 – 0
Springfield   –   6 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   7 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   5 – 2 – 2
Columbia   –   6 – 3 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 2 – 2
CCNY   –   5 – 3 – 0
Temple   –   5 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   4 – 4 – 0
Yale   –   4 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   4 – 5 – 1
Fordham   –   3 – 4 – 1
Harvard   –   3 – 5 – 0
Rutgers   –   3 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   3 – 6 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 5 – 0
Boston University   –   2 – 6 – 0
Lehigh   –   1 – 8 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   0 – 8 – 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In its third season under head coach Herb McCracken, Lafayette compiled a 9–0 record and shut out five of nine opponents.[1][2] Halfback Frank Kirkleski was the team captain.[3]

Although Alabama and Stanford have been named the 1926 national champion by most selectors, the 1926 Lafayette team was named as the national champion by one selector, Parke H. Davis.[4] The team was ranked No. 5 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1926.[5]

The team played its home games at the Fisher Stadium in Easton, Pennsylvania. Fisher Stadium opened in 1926 with a seating capacity of 13,132.[6]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Muhlenberg
W 35–0
October 2Schuylkill
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
W 47–0
October 9at Pittsburgh
W 17–7
October 16Dickinson
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
W 42–13
October 23Albright
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
W 30–7
October 30vs. Washington & Jefferson
W 16–1020,000[7]
November 6at Rutgers
W 37–0
November 13Susquehanna
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
W 68–0
November 20Lehigh
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
W 35–0

[8]

References

  1. ^ "goleopards.com 1926 Football Team Bio - Lafayette Leopards Official Athletic Site Lafayette Leopards Official Athletic Site - Maroon Club". goleopards.com. Archived from the original on May 8, 2013.
  2. ^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  3. ^ 2018 Lafayette Media Guide, p. 129.
  4. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  5. ^ "Stanford Eleven Adjudged Best: Navy Ranks Second Under Dickinson System of Rating Teams". The Morning Post. Camden, N.J. December 17, 1926. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ 2018 Lafayette Media Guide, pp. 6, 73.
  7. ^ "Leopards in Last Minute of Play Overcome Foes From Western Tip of State". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 31, 1926. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "1926 Football Schedule".


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