2016 Lafayette Leopards football team

Lafayette Leopards football
2016 Lafayette Leopards football
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Conference	Patriot League
2016 record	2–9 (1–5 Patriot)
Head coach	Frank Tavani (17th year)
Offensive coordinator	Mickey Fein
Defensive coordinator	Art Link (3rd year)
Home stadium	Fisher Field; (Capacity: 13,132)
« 2015	2017 »

Template:2016 Patriot League football standings The 2016 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Leopards were led by 17th year head coach Frank Tavani and played their home games at Fisher Field. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 2–9, 1–5 in Patriot League play to finish in sixth place.

On November 29th, head coach Frank Tavani was fired.^[1] He finished at Lafayette with a 17 year record of 84–107.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 PM	at Central Connecticut*	Arute Field New Britain, CT	NECFR	W 24–10	4,117
September 10	6:00 PM	Delaware*	Fisher Field Easton, PA	WBPH-TV	L 6–24	6,828
September 17	5:00 PM	at Princeton*	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN3	L 31–35	13,420
September 24	6:00 PM	No. 19 Villanova*	Fisher Field Easton, PA	WBPH-TV	L 14–31	7,441
October 1	3:30 PM	Holy Cross	Fisher Field Easton, PA	WBPH-TV	L 28–38	4,948
October 8	1:00 PM	at Fordham	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	PLN	L 34–58	3,864
October 15	12:00 PM	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	CBSSN	L 7–62	38,894
October 22	1:00 PM	at Bucknell	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	WBPH-TV	L 17–42	2,146
October 29	12:30 PM	Georgetown	Fisher Field Easton, PA	WBPH-TV	W 17–3	4,878
November 12	1:00 PM	at Colgate	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	WBPH-TV	L 17–38	4,859
November 19	12:30 PM	No. 19 Lehigh	Fisher Field Easton, PA (152nd meeting of The Rivalry)	WBPH-TV WFMZ	L 21–45	12,587
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries[]

at Central Connecticut[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Leopards	10	0	0	14	24
Blue Devils	0	3	7	0	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	1981	LAF, 51–0

Delaware[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Fightin' Blue Hens	3	0	7	14	24
Leopards	3	0	3	0	6

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–19	2015	DEL, 19–9

at Princeton[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Leopards	14	7	3	7	31
Tigers	7	14	14	0	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–41–3	2015	PRIN, 40–7

Villanova[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
#19 Wildcats	7	10	14	0	31
Leopards	0	7	7	0	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–0	1920	LAF, 34–0

Holy Cross[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Crusaders	10	3	3	22	38
Leopards	0	7	14	7	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–14	2015	HOLY, 42–0

at Fordham[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Leopards	17	3	7	7	34
Rams	20	21	10	7	58

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
22–11–1	2015	FORD, 35–7

at Army[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Leopards	0	7	0	0	7
Black Knights	14	21	14	13	62

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–17	1997	ARMY, 41–14

at Bucknell[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Leopards	3	0	14	0	17
Bison	7	7	7	21	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
52–35–6	2015	BUCK, 35–24

Georgetown[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Hoyas	0	3	0	0	3
Leopards	3	0	14	0	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–7	2015	GEORG, 38–7

at Colgate[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Leopards	0	7	10	10	27
Raiders	10	14	7	7	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–42–4	2015	GATE, 28–19

Lehigh[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
#19 Mountain Hawks	7	24	14	0	45
Leopards	0	7	6	8	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
78–68–5	2015	LEH, 49–35

References[]

↑ http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/lafayette/index.ssf/2016/11/post_19.html
↑ "Lafayette Football Official Schedule". Lafayette College Department of Athletics. http://www.goleopards.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/lafa-m-footbl-sched.html. Retrieved April 15, 2015.

[1] ttp://www.lehighvalleylive.com/lafayette/index.ssf/2016/11/post_19.html

[2] "Lafayette Football Official Schedule". Lafayette College Department of Athletics. http://www.goleopards.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/lafa-m-footbl-sched.html. Retrieved April 15, 2015.

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