Muhlenberg at Lafayette

Saturday, October 27, 1917

Muhlenberg beat Lafayette 6–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Lafayette led the series 3–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayMuhlenberg1–⁠1 in 1917
6
HomeLafayette3–⁠5 in 1917
0

FinalHigh 70°F, low 44°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Results of Foot Ball Contests on Many Gridirons. Yesterday

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 28, 1917, page 45 (results column)

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    Results of Foot Ball Contests on Many Gridirons. Yesterday Georgetown. IS; virginia P. L.. o. Maryland State. 20; Wake Forest. ID. Pennsylvauia II. G., II; Gnllandet. g. Central High II: Georgetown Preps.. .. Army, 81. Villanova. .. Navy. SO: Haverford. o. Pittsburgh II; Pennsylvania. 6. Cornell, 20: BuckuelI, 0. Michigan, 20; Nebraska, 0. Princeton, :; Camp Dix. o. Dartmouth. 81: New Hampshire. q. Syracuse 5s; Tufts. 0. Oberlin, 10: Case. o. Hampden sidney, II; William and Mary, 0. Richmond College, II; Randolph Macon. o. Vanderbilt. 80. Howard. 0. Chicago, :; Northwestern. o. Dickinson. 8, Delaware College. 6. Ohio state, 81; Denison, o. Brown. Z, Colgate, q. Wisconsin. 20; Iowa. o. Lehigh 30: Lebanon Valley, !. swarthmore. 40; Franklin and Marshall o. Ursinus, 90; Albright. 7. Yale Freshmen, {; Pennsylvania Freshmen. :. Muhlenberg, 6; Lafayette, 0. West Virginia. 90; Gettysburg o. Camp Devens Depot Brigade. 0; Harvard o. Auburn, 13; Mississippi Agges. g. Harvard Freshmen. So Worcester Aca<my Z. Hamilton, Ii; Rochester. o. Bowdoin, 13: Bates. 0. Amherst, H. Wesleyan, o. Trinity, IS; Company A. Signal Co.’s. 0. Holy Cross, 49, Rhode Island State, o. Rensselaer, %; st. Lawrence, O. Stevens. 20; Middlebury, g. Carnegie Technical. 0; Allegheny. o. Williams, 8; Columbia. 8. Rutgers Is: Fordham, 0. New York University, 0; Union Station, o. Andover. I; Harvard Radio. I. Miami, 20; Ohio Wesleyan o. Kalamazoo Colegs, 10; Hillsdale, o. Marietta, s. Heidelberg. o. University of Oregon. “A; Univ. of Idaho. o. Wash’n State College. 10; Whitman College. 0. University OF California. IA Oregon Aggi,s, j. Depauw. “A: St. Louis, 0. University of Detroit, IL Michigan Aggies. O. Wooster. 3s: Baldwin Wallace, o. wittenberg, I; Kenyon, 0. Princeton Freshmen, L.; Exeter o. Western Reserve. D: Mount Union, 6. West Virginia Wesleyan, L Penn State, S. Kansas, 4 Ames, o. Colorado College. 21; University of Utah. O. South Dakota State. 13; North Dakota Uni versty, 8. Rice. 13: Texas, C. Notre Dame, 40: South Dakota. o. Tulane. IS: Washington Artillery, o. Wooster. 3s: Baldwin Wallace, D. University of Buffalo, 8; st. Bonaventure 13. Geneva. o; Washington and Jefferson. 33. Maine. 0; Colby, o. Springfield, Is; Worcester Tech, o. Spring Hill College. 6. Louisiana Industrial Institute, o. Florida. 70: Southern College. 7. Missouri. 80: Drake. 0. Marquette University IS; Haskell Indians. o. Washington and Lee. IS; A and NJ. I. Roanoke College. IS, N!rginia Christian Col. lege. 0. Arkansas. 10; Henry Kendall College, I. Ohio University, 81: University of Cincinnati O. Texas A. and M.,’2I: Louisiana State. O. Carlisle. 15; Johns Hopkins, Z.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Lafayette 80% to win. Muhlenberg pulled the upset.

Lafayette leads 11–⁠3–⁠1 in 15 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
1946Muhlenberg 32, Lafayette 20
1933Lafayette 20, Muhlenberg 0
1932Lafayette 6, Muhlenberg 0
1927Lafayette 38, Muhlenberg 7
1923Lafayette 20, Muhlenberg 0
1922Lafayette 62, Muhlenberg 0

Around this game

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