1915 Lafayette football team

The 1915 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In its second season under head coach Wilmer G. Crowell, the team compiled an 8–3 record.[1] John Luhr was the team captain.[2] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

1915 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–3
Head coach
CaptainJohn Luhr
Home stadiumMarch Field
Seasons
← 1914
1916 →
1915 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell     9 0 0
Pittsburgh     8 0 0
Columbia     5 0 0
Harvard     8 1 0
Carnegie Tech     7 1 0
Rutgers     7 1 0
Villanova     6 1 0
Washington & Jefferson     8 1 1
Colgate     5 1 0
Syracuse     9 1 2
Dartmouth     7 1 1
Tufts     5 1 2
Penn State     7 2 0
Lafayette     8 3 0
Princeton     6 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     6 2 0
Temple     3 1 1
Geneva     6 3 0
Wesleyan     6 3 0
Allegheny     5 3 0
Swarthmore     5 3 0
Army     5 3 1
Lehigh     6 4 0
Holy Cross     3 2 2
Brown     5 4 1
Fordham     4 4 0
NYU     4 4 1
Middlebury     3 4 2
Muhlenberg     4 5 0
Yale     4 5 0
Boston College     3 4 0
Penn     3 5 2
WPI     3 5 1
Buffalo     3 5 0
Carlisle     3 6 2
Rhode Island State     3 5 0
New Hampshire     3 6 1
Gettysburg     3 6 0
Rochester     3 6 0
Bucknell     2 6 3
Vermont     1 4 2
Williams     1 7 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Muhlenberg
W 14–7
October 2Ursinus
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 13–2
October 9at Washington & JeffersonWashington, PAL 0–176,000[3]
October 16at PrincetonL 3–40
October 23Albright
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 46–0
October 30at PennW 17–0
November 6Swarthmore
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 17–0
November 13Penn State
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
L 3–33
November 20at LehighW 35–6

References

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  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. ^ "Lafayette Is Beaten By Wash-Jeff". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 10, 1915. p. 23. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .