1936 Lafayette Leopards football team

1936 Lafayette Leopards football
Conference	Middle Three Conference
Record	1–8 (0–1 Middle Three)
Head coach	Ernie Nevers (1st season)
Captain	Benjamin Snyder
Home stadium	Fisher Field

1936 Middle Three Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Lehigh $	2	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Rutgers	0	–	1	–	0			1	–	6	–	1
Lafayette	0	–	1	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1936 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the Middle Three Conference during the 1936 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Ernie Nevers, the team compiled a 1–8 record.^[1] Benjamin Snyder was the team captain.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 26	at Muhlenberg*	Allentown, PA	L 6–19
October 3	at Penn*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–35
October 10	Gettysburg*	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	L 0–2
October 17	Dickinson*	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	W 7–0
October 24	at Colgate*	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	L 0–41
October 31	at NYU*	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 0–46	[3]
November 7	Washington & Jefferson*	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	L 6–31
November 14	Moravian*	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	L 7–28
November 21	Lehigh	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA (rivalry)	L 0–18
*Non-conference game

References

1. "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 127. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
2. "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
3. "N.Y.U. bowls over Lafayette eleven". Times Union. November 1, 1936. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.