1908 Lafayette football team

1908 Lafayette football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2–2
Head coach	George Barclay (1st season)
Captain	George McCaa
Home stadium	March Field

1908 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn			–					11	–	0	–	1
Harvard			–					9	–	0	–	1
Cornell			–					7	–	1	–	1
Fordham			–					5	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	1	–	1
Dartmouth			–					6	–	1	–	1
Carlisle			–					10	–	2	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					10	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	1	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					6	–	2	–	2
Princeton			–					5	–	2	–	3
Syracuse			–					6	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	1
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					4	–	3	–	0
Lehigh			–					4	–	3	–	0
Dickinson			–					5	–	4	–	0
Amherst			–					3	–	3	–	2
Holy Cross			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	5	–	0
Vermont			–					3	–	3	–	3
Wesleyan			–					3	–	4	–	2
Springfield Training School			–					3	–	4	–	1
NYU			–					2	–	3	–	2
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	6	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	5	–	2
Rutgers			–					3	–	5	–	1
Boston College			–					2	–	4	–	2
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	7	–	0
Geneva			–					1	–	6	–	2
Tufts			–					1	–	6	–	1
Villanova			–					1	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					1	–	7	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	7	–	0

The 1908 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach George Barclay, the team compiled a 6–2–2 record, shut out six opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 102 to 57.^[1][2] George McCaa was the team captain.^[3] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 26	Wyoming Seminary	March Field Easton, PA	W 10–0
October 3	Stroudsburg Normal	March Field Easton, PA	W 22–0
October 7	Superba Athletic Club	March Field Easton, PA	W 12–0
October 10	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	T 0–0
October 17	Medico-Chirurgical	March Field Easton, PA	W 23–0
October 24	at Brown	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 8–6
October 31	Bucknell	March Field Easton, PA	T 6–6
November 7	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia PA	L 4–34	[4]
November 21	Lehigh	Easton, PA	L 5–11
November 26	Dickinson	Easton, PA	W 12–0

References

1. "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 124. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
2. "1908 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. "Lafayette Simply Given a Beating by Penn, 34-4". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 8, 1908 – via Newspapers.com.