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1912 Lafayette football team

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1912 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5–1
Head coach
CaptainHoward Benson
Home stadiumMarch Field
Seasons
← 1911
1913 →
1912 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard     9 0 0
Penn State     8 0 0
Carlisle     12 1 1
Maine     7 1 0
Princeton     7 1 1
Swarthmore     7 1 1
Yale     7 1 1
Lehigh     9 2 0
Dartmouth     7 2 0
Wesleyan     7 2 0
Colgate     5 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     8 3 1
Rhode Island State     6 3 0
Bucknell     6 3 1
Temple     3 2 0
Penn     7 4 0
Army     5 3 0
Brown     6 4 0
Franklin & Marshall     6 4 0
Holy Cross     4 3 1
Rutgers     5 4 0
Tufts     5 4 0
Fordham     4 4 0
Villanova     3 3 0
Morris Harvey     2 2 0
Lafayette     4 5 1
Syracuse     4 5 0
Carnegie Tech     3 4 1
New Hampshire     3 4 1
Geneva     3 4 0
Vermont     3 5 0
Pittsburgh     3 6 0
Boston College     2 4 1
Cornell     3 7 0
NYU     2 6 0

The 1912 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1912 college football season. In its first season under head coach George McCaa, the team compiled an 4–5–1 record.[1] Howard Benson was the team captain.[2] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28Muhlenberg
W 20–3
October 5Swarthmore
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
L 0–22[3]
October 12at YaleL 0–16
October 19Ursinus
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 11–0
October 26at PennW 7–3
November 2Bucknell
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
T 0–0
November 9Syracuse
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
L 7–30
November 16at Brown
L 7–21
November 23Lehigh
L 0–7
November 28Dickinson
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 19–13

References

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  1. ^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 125. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "Swarthmore Won From Lafayette". The Morning Call. October 7, 1912. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.