1942 Lafayette Leopards football team

{{short description|American football club}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1942

| team = Lafayette Leopards

| sport = football

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| conference = Middle Three Conference

| short_conf = Middle Three

| record = 3–5–1

| conf_record = 1–0–1

| head_coach = Edward Mylin

| hc_year = 6th

| captain = Charles Nagle

| stadium = Fisher Field

| champion = Middle Three co-champion

}}

{{1942 Middle Three Conference football standings}}

The 1942 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the Middle Three Conference during the 1942 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Edward Mylin, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record.{{cite web|title=2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide|publisher=Lafayette University|accessdate=June 14, 2020|page=127|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/goleopards.com/documents/2018/8/28/2018LCFBmediaguide.pdf}} Charles Nagle was the team captain.{{cite web|title=Football Captains|publisher=Lafayette University|accessdate=June 15, 2020|url=https://goleopards.com/sports/2018/7/27/sports-m-footbl-spec-rel-lafa-m-footbl-captains-html.aspx}} The team played home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Lafayette was ranked at No. 139 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.{{cite news|title=Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2|newspaper=Twin City Sentinel|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 16, 1942|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123106326/litkenhous-rates-georgia-no-1-ohio/|via=Newspapers.com}}