1906 Lafayette football team

1906 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1–1
Head coach
CaptainErastus Doud
Home stadiumMarch Field
1906 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   9 – 0 – 1
Haverford   –   7 – 0 – 2
Harvard   –   10 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   8 – 1 – 2
  –   8 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   8 – 1 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   9 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   7 – 2 – 0
Drexel   –   6 – 2 – 0
Tufts   –   6 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 2 – 3
Carlisle   –   9 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   6 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   5 – 2 – 2
Dartmouth   –   6 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 2
Vermont   –   5 – 4 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 0
Western U. of Penn.   –   6 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 3 – 1
Amherst   –   3 – 3 – 1
Lehigh   –   5 – 5 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 4 – 1
Dickinson   –   3 – 4 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 3 – 2
Army   –   3 – 5 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
Wesleyan   –   2 – 4 – 1
New Hampshire   –   2 – 5 – 1
Villanova   –   3 – 7 – 0
Springfield Training School   –   1 – 5 – 3
NYU   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1906 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1906 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Alfred E. Bull, the team compiled an 8–1–1 record, shut out six opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 223 to 36.[1][2] Erastus Doud was the team captain.[3] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Wyoming SeminaryEaston, PAW 34–0
October 6UrsinusEaston, PAW 33–0
October 13Medico-ChirurgicalEaston, PAW 34–0
October 20vs. North CarolinaNorfolk, VAW 28–6[4]
October 27ColgateEaston, PAW 17–6[5]
November 3vs. Washington & Jefferson
W 14–62,500[6][7]
November 10at Penn
T 0–0
November 17SyracuseEaston, PAL 4–12
November 24LehighEaston, PA (The Rivalry)W 33–0
November 29DickinsonEaston, PAW 26–6

References

  1. ^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 124. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "1906 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "Lafayettes, 28; N. Carolina 6". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. October 21, 1906. p. 10. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
  5. ^ "Lafayette Eleven Defeats Colgate". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 28, 1906. p. II-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "W. & J. Vanquished In Brilliant Game". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 4, 1906. p. 17. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
  7. ^ "Lafayette Wins The Game From Wash.-Jeff. By Score Of 14 To 6". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 4, 1906. p. 19. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
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