1945 Lafayette Leopards football team

1945 Lafayette Leopards football
Conference	Middle Three Conference
Record	1–7–1 (1–1 Middle Three)
Head coach	Ben Wolfson (3rd season)
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Fisher Field

1945 Middle Three Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Rutgers $	2	–	0	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Lafayette	1	–	1	–	0			1	–	7	–	1
Lehigh	0	–	2	–	0			2	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1945 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the Middle Three Conference during the 1945 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach Ben Wolfson, the team compiled a 1–7–1 record.^[1] The team was led by game captains and played home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Columbia*	Baker Field New York, NY	L 14–40	10,000	[3]
October 6	at Princeton*	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	T 7–7	4,000	[4]
October 13	at Colgate*	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	L 0–47
October 20	Merchant Marine*	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 7–26	6,000	[5]
October 27	Bucknell*	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 2–26	3,000	[6]
November 3	at Temple*	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–20	12,000	[7]
November 10	Rutgers	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 14–32	2,500	[8]
November 17	Atlantic City NAS*	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 7–12	5,000	[9]
November 24	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlethem, PA (rivalry)	W 7–0	8,000	[10]
*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. "Columbia Routs Lafayette, 40-14". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 30, 1945. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Tigers Held to 7-7 Draw by Lafayette". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. Associated Press. October 7, 1945. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Pfohl Star as Kings Point Defeats Lafayette, 26-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 21, 1945. p. S2 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Bucknell Upsets Lafayette with Big 26-2 Triumph". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. October 28, 1945. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Baumgartner, Stan (November 4, 1945). "Temple Gains Sixth, 20-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
8. McCoy, Gordon (November 11, 1945). "Rutgers Trims Lafayette 32 to 14 and Captures Middle 3 Championship". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Atlantic City Jars Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. November 18, 1945. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Baumgartner, Stan (November 25, 1945). "Lehigh Bows to Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Lafayette Scores First Victory, 7-0". The Scrantonian. Scranton, Pa. November 25, 1945. sect. IV, p. 1.