In their second season under head coach Parke H. Davis, Lafayette compiled an 11–0–1 record, shut out 10 of 12 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 240 to 10.

The team was retroactively selected as the co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation and the team's own head coach, Parke H. Davis, in his later role as a football historian.

[1] Lafayette played a scoreless tie with Princeton in the second game of the year and defeated West Virginia three times in three days by a combined score of 56–0.

On October 24, Lafayette defeated Penn, 6–4, breaking the Quakers' 34-game winning streak.

Lafayette closed its season with an 18–6 win over Navy.