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The 1956 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1956 college football season. Lafayette finished last in the Middle Three Conference. In their fifth year under head coach Steve Hokuf, the Leopards compiled a 6–3 record, but lost both matchups with their conference opponents.[1] Jack Slotter and Robert Burcin were the team captains.[2] Lafayette played home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.
1956 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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Conference | Middle Three Conference |
Record | 6–3 (0–2 Middle Three) |
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Captains |
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Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 22 | at Muhlenberg* | W 26–0 | 3,500 | [3] | |||
September 29 | Temple* | W 20–0 | [1] | ||||
October 6 | at Delaware* | W 28–14 | 5,800 | [4] | |||
October 13 | Albright* |
| W 32–7 | 4,000 | [5] | ||
October 20 | at Bucknell* | W 13–7 | 7,000 | [6] | |||
October 27 | Gettysburg* |
| L 6–12 | 7,500 | [7] | ||
November 3 | at Rutgers | L 19–20 | 5,000 | [8] | |||
November 10 | Western Maryland* |
| W 43–7 | [1] | |||
November 17 | Lehigh |
| L 10–27 | 19,000 | [9] | ||
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