1920 Lafayette football team

American football club

1920 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
  • Jock Sutherland (2nd season)
CaptainJoseph Lehecka
Home stadiumMarch Field
Seasons
← 1919
1921 →
1920 Eastern college football independents records
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College     8 0 0
Harvard     8 0 1
Princeton     6 0 1
Penn State     7 0 2
Pittsburgh     6 0 2
Army     7 2 0
Dartmouth     7 2 0
Cornell     6 2 0
Syracuse     6 2 1
Geneva     5 2 1
New Hampshire     5 2 1
Brown     6 3 0
Bucknell     6 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     6 3 1
Penn     6 4 0
Carnegie Tech     5 3 0
Lafayette     5 3 0
Holy Cross     5 3 0
Williams     5 3 0
Yale     5 3 0
Fordham     4 3 0
Franklin & Marshall     3 2 2
Boston University     4 3 1
Columbia     4 4 0
Duquesne     3 3 1
Vermont     3 5 0
NYU     2 5 1
Rhode Island State     0 4 4
Tufts     2 6 0
Rutgers     2 7 0
Buffalo     1 4 0
Colgate     1 5 2
Villanova     1 5 1
Drexel     0 6 0

The 1920 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In its second season under head coach Jock Sutherland, the team compiled a 5–3 record.[1] Joseph Lehecka was the team captain.[2] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 2Muhlenberg
W 20–0
October 9at NavyL 7–12
October 16at PennL 0–7
October 23Catholic University
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 84–0
October 30at PittsburghL 0–14
November 6Bucknell
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 10–7
November 13Villanova
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 34–0
November 20Lehigh
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA (rivalry)
W 27–7

References

  1. ^ "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 126. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
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