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1916 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6–1
Head coach
CaptainPaul Taylor
Home stadiumMarch Field
Seasons
←  1915
1917 →
1916 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army     9 0 0
Pittsburgh     8 0 0
Brown     8 1 0
Colgate     8 1 0
Yale     8 1 0
Fordham     6 1 1
Swarthmore     6 1 1
Penn State     8 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     8 2 0
Boston College     6 2 0
Cornell     6 2 0
Princeton     6 2 0
Lehigh     6 2 1
Dartmouth     5 2 2
Harvard     7 3 0
Penn     7 3 1
Temple     3 1 2
Tufts     5 3 0
Carnegie Tech     4 3 0
Rutgers     3 2 2
NYU     4 3 1
Syracuse     5 4 0
Holy Cross     4 5 0
Vermont     4 5 0
Rhode Island State     3 4 1
Geneva     2 5 2
Carlisle     1 3 1
Lafayette     2 6 1
Bucknell     3 9 0
Columbia     1 5 2
Franklin & Marshall     1 7 0
Villanova     1 8 0

The 1916 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1916 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach Wilmer G. Crowell, the team compiled a 2–6–1 record. [1] Paul Taylor was the team captain. [2] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 30 Fordham
T 0–0
October 7 Swarthmore
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
L 6–10
October 14 Ursinus
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
L 0–6
October 21at PrincetonL 0–33
October 28 Lebanon Valley
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 27–14
November 4at PennL 0–19
November 11 Albright
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 32–0
November 17at Penn StateL 0–40
November 25 Lehigh
L 0–16

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.