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1945 Lafayette Leopards football team

{{short description|American football club}}

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

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1945

| team = Lafayette Leopards

| sport = football

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| conference = Middle Three Conference

| short_conf = Middle Three

| record = 1–7–1

| conf_record = 1–1

| head_coach = Ben Wolfson

| hc_year = 3rd

| captain = Game captains

| stadium = Fisher Field

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{{1945 Middle Three Conference football standings}}

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.{{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}} The team was led by game captains and played home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.{{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}}

Schedule

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|September 29|at|Columbia|Baker Field|New York, NY|L 14-40|10,000|{{cite news|title=Columbia Routs Lafayette, 40-14|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=September 30, 1945|page=27|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16809183/columbia_routs_lafayette_4014/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 6|at|Princeton|Palmer Stadium|Princeton, NJ|T 7-7| 4,000 | {{cite news |title=Tigers Held to 7-7 Draw by Lafayette |agency=Associated Press |date=October 7, 1945 |page=18 |newspaper=The Sunday Times |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66870696/1945-lafayette-princeton/ }}

|October 13|at|Colgate|Colgate Athletic Field|Hamilton, NY|L 0-47||

|October 20||{{cfb link|year=1945|team=Merchant Marine Mariners|title=Merchant Marine}}|Fisher Field|Easton, PA|L 7-26| 6,000 | {{cite news |title=Pfohl Star as Kings Point Defeats Lafayette, 26-7 |date=October 21, 1945 |page=S2 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66872973/1945-lafayette-marine/ }}

|October 27||Bucknell|Fisher Field|Easton, PA|L 2-26| 3,000 | {{cite news |title=Bucknell Upsets Lafayette with Big 26-2 Triumph |date=October 28, 1945 |page=9 |newspaper=Sunday Call-Chronicle |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66873483/1945-bucknell-lafayette/ }}

|November 3|at|Temple|Temple Stadium|Philadelphia, PA|L 0-20| 12,000 | {{cite news |title=Temple Gains Sixth, 20-0 |first=Stan |last=Baumgartner |date=November 4, 1945 |page=S1 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66879713/1945-lafayette-temple/ }}

|November 10||Rutgers|Fisher Field|Easton, PA|L 14-32| 2,500 | {{cite news |title=Rutgers Trims Lafayette 32 to 14 and Captures Middle 3 Championship |first=Gordon |last=McCoy |date=November 11, 1945 |page=1 |newspaper=The Sunday Times |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66880668/1945-lafayette-rutgers/ }}

|November 17||Atlantic City NAS|Fisher Field|Easton, PA|L 7-12| 5,000 | {{cite news |title=Atlantic City Jars Lafayette |date=November 18, 1945 |page=S3 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66882749/1945-lafayette-acnas/ }}

|November 24|at|Lehigh|Taylor Stadium|Bethlethem, PA (rivalry)|W 7-0| 8,000 | {{cite news |title=Lehigh Bows to Lafayette |first=Stan |last=Baumgartner |date=November 25, 1945 |page=S1 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66884462/1945-lafayette-lehigh/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Lafayette Scores First Victory, 7-0 |date=November 25, 1945 |at=sect. IV, p. 1 |newspaper=The Scrantonian |location=Scranton, Pa.}}

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