1923 Lafayette football team

1923 Lafayette football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–1–2
Head coach	Jock Sutherland (5th season)
Captain	Art Deibel
Home stadium	March Field

1923 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					8	–	0	–	0
St. John's			–					5	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth			–					8	–	1	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					7	–	1	–	1
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	1	–	1
Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					6	–	1	–	2
Tufts			–					6	–	2	–	0
Army			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	2	–	1
Geneva			–					6	–	2	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	2	–	1
NYU			–					6	–	2	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	2	–	1
Vermont			–					6	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	3	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					4	–	4	–	1
Duquesne			–					4	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					3	–	3	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	5	–	1
Drexel			–					2	–	6	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	5	–	1
Fordham			–					2	–	7	–	0
Boston University			–					1	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					0	–	7	–	1
Temple			–					0	–	5	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	7	–	0
Springfield			–					0	–	7	–	0

The 1923 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach Jock Sutherland, the team compiled a 6–1–2 record.^[1] Art Deibel was the team captain.^[2] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Muhlenberg	March Field Easton, PA	W 20–0
October 6	at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–7	18,000	[3][4][5]
October 13	Franklin & Marshall	March Field Easton, PA	W 33–0
October 20	Springfield	March Field Easton, PA	W 21–0		[6]
October 27	Rutgers	March Field Easton, PA	T 6–6
November 3	vs. Washington & Jefferson	Polo Grounds New York, NY	T 6–6
November 10	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 8–6
November 17	Dayton	March Field Easton, PA	W 45–0		[7]
November 24	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	W 13–3

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. "Forward Pass Gives Panthers Victory Over Lafayette Crew". The Morning Call. October 7, 1923. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Pitt's Win Over Lafayette Told Play-By-Play". The Gazette Times. October 7, 1923. p. III-5 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Pitt Smashes Records For Football Attendance". The Pitt Weekly. Vol. 14, no. 12. December 12, 1923. p. 7. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
6. "Lafayette Easily Downs Springfield". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1923. p. 23. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
7. "Dayton University Blanked By Lafayette Grid Squad". The Morning Call. November 18, 1923. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.