The 1927 Lafayette Leopards football team was an

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team that represented

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as an independent during the

1927 college football season The 1927 college football season ended with the Illini of the University of Illinois (7–0–1) being recognized as champion under the Dickinson System. At season's end, the Rissler Cup was awarded to the team that finished first in the "Dickin ...

. In its fourth season under head coach

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, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record. Harold Cothran and William Atkinson were the team captains. The team played its home games at

Fisher Field Fisher Stadium is a 13,132-seat multi-purpose stadium in Easton, Pennsylvania. The stadium is home to the Lafayette College Lafayette Leopards football, Leopards football team. It opened in 1926 as Fisher Field. During 2006 and 2007, Fisher Field ...

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Lafayette Leopards football seasons

Lafayette Leopards football The Lafayette Leopards football program represents Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania in college football. One of the oldest college football programs in the United States, Lafayette currently plays in the Patriot League at the NCAA Divis ...