1924 Lafayette Leopards football team

The 1924 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1924 college football season. In its first season under head coach Herb McCracken, the team compiled a 7–2 record.^[1] Charlie Berry was the team captain.^[2] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

1924 Lafayette Leopards football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–2
Head coach	Herb McCracken (1st season)
Captain	Charlie Berry
Home stadium	March Field
Seasons ← 1923 1925 →

1924 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 9 Dartmouth			–					7	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Yale			–					6	–	0	–	2
No. 8 Penn			–					9	–	1	–	1
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Bucknell			–					8	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					7	–	2	–	0
Holy Cross			–					7	–	1	–	1
Army			–					5	–	1	–	2
Syracuse			–					8	–	2	–	1
Fordham			–					6	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					4	–	1	–	3
Boston College			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	3	–	1
Princeton			–					4	–	2	–	1
Springfield			–					4	–	2	–	1
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					4	–	3	–	1
CCNY			–					4	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					4	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	2
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	5	–	1
Villanova			–					2	–	5	–	1
Drexel			–					2	–	7	–	0
Vermont			–					2	–	7	–	0
Temple			–					1	–	4	–	0
Boston University			–					1	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					1	–	7	–	0
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Muhlenberg	March Field Easton, PA	W 13–0
October 4	at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 10–0	15,000	^[3]
October 11	Hobart	March Field Easton, PA	W 30–0
October 18	at Bucknell	Bucknell Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 21–3		^[4]
October 25	vs. Washington & Jefferson	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 20–6
November 1	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 3–6	54,000	^[5]
November 8	vs. Rutgers	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 7–43
November 15	Alfred	March Field Easton, PA	W 47–0
November 22	Lehigh	March Field Easton, PA (rivalry)	W 7–0

References

1. "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 126. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
2. "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
3. Smith, Chester L. (October 5, 1924). "Fifteen Thousand See Panthers Lose Annual Game to Maroon, 10-0". The Gazette Times. p. III-3 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Bucknell Dedicates Stadium in Defeat, Bowing to Maroon". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 19, 1924. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Penn defeats Lafayette in grim struggle". The Pittsburgh Press. November 2, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.