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1916 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6–1
Head coach
CaptainPaul Taylor
Home stadiumMarch Field
Seasons← 19151917 →
1916 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   8 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   8 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   6 – 1 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   8 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   6 – 2 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 2 – 2
Harvard   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   3 – 1 – 2
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   3 – 2 – 2
NYU   –   4 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 5 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   3 – 4 – 1
New Hampshire   –   3 – 5 – 2
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 2
Carlisle   –   1 – 3 – 1
Lafayette   –   2 – 6 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 9 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 5 – 2
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 7 – 0
Villanova   –   1 – 8 – 0

The 1916 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1916 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach Wilmer G. Crowell, the team compiled a 2–6–1 record. Paul Taylor was the team captain. The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 30FordhamT 0–0
October 7Swarthmore
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
L 6–10
October 14Ursinus
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
L 0–6
October 21at PrincetonL 0–33
October 28Lebanon Valley
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 27–14
November 4at PennL 0–19
November 11Albright
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 32–0
November 17at Penn StateL 0–40
November 25LehighL 0–16

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. "Fordham in Scoreless Tie". The New York Times. October 1, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.
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