2019 Lafayette Leopards football team

Lafayette Leopards football
2019 Lafayette Leopards football
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Conference	Patriot League
2019 record	0–0 (0–0 Patriot)
Head coach	John Garrett (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator	Open
Defensive coordinator	Manny Rojas (1st year)
Home stadium	Fisher Field; (Capacity: 13,132)
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Template:2019 Patriot League football standings The 2019 Lafayette Leopards football team represent Lafayette College in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Leopards are led by third-year head coach John Garrett and play their home games at Fisher Field. They are a member of the Patriot League.

Previous season[]

The Leopards finished the 2018 season 3–8, 2–4 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.

Preseason[]

Preseason coaches' poll[]

The Patriot League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019 (voting was by conference head coaches and sports information directors). The Leopards were picked to finish in sixth place.^[1]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Colgate	72 (12)
2	Holy Cross	58 (2)
3	Georgetown	51
4	Fordham	39
5	Lehigh	38
6	Lafayette	21
7	Bucknell	15

Preseason All-Patriot League team[]

The Leopards had four players selected to the preseason All-Patriot League team.^[1]

Offense

Nick Pearson – WR

Jake Marotti – OL

Defense

Malik Hamm – DL

Yasir Thomas – DB

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV
August 31	6:00 p.m.	at William & Mary*	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA
September 7	1:00 p.m.	at Monmouth*	Kessler Stadium West Long Branch, NJ
September 14	12:30 p.m.	Sacred Heart*	Fisher Field Easton, PA
September 21	7:00 p.m.	at Albany*	Bob Ford Field Albany, NY
September 28	3:30 p.m.	Penn*	Fisher Field Easton, PA (rivalry)
October 12	7:00 p.m.	at Princeton*	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPNU
October 19	12:00 p.m.	at Georgetown	Cooper Field Washington, D.C.
October 26	3:30 p.m.	Bucknell	Fisher Field Easton, PA (rivalry)
November 2	12:30 p.m.	Fordham	Fisher Field Easton, PA
November 9	12:00 p.m.	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA
November 16	12:30 p.m.	Colgate	Fisher Field Easton, PA
November 23	12:30 p.m.	at Lehigh	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA (155th meeting of The Rivalry)
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Source: ^[2]

Game summaries[]

at William & Mary[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Leopards					0
Tribe					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–3	2015	W&M, 34–7

at Monmouth[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Leopards					0
Hawks					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2018	MON, 24–20

Sacred Heart[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Pioneers					0
Leopards					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	2018	SHU, 35–6

at Albany[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Leopards					0
Great Danes					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Penn[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Quakers					0
Leopards					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–63–4	2013	PENN, 27–21

at Princeton[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Leopards					0
Tigers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–42–3	2017	PRIN, 38–17

at Georgetown[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Leopards					0
Hoyas					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–8	2018	GEORG, 13–6

Bucknell[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Bison					0
Leopards					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
53–37–6	2018	LAF, 29–27

Fordham[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Rams					0
Leopards					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–12–1	2018	LAF, 21–13

at Holy Cross[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Leopards					0
Crusaders					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–16	2018	HOLY, 40–14

Colgate[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Raiders					0
Leopards					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–45–4	2018	GATE, 45–0

at Lehigh[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Leopards					0
Mountain Hawks					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
78–71–5	2018	LEH, 34–3

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Patriot League Football Preseason Honors Announced". July 30, 2019. https://www.patriotleague.org/news/2019/7/29/patriot-league-football-preseason-honors-announced-7-30-19.aspx. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
↑ "Lafayette Football 2019 Schedule". Lafayette Athletics. https://www.goleopards.com/schedule.aspx?path=football. Retrieved July 4, 2019.

[2019_PL_Coaches_Poll_and_Team-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Patriot League Football Preseason Honors Announced". July 30, 2019. https://www.patriotleague.org/news/2019/7/29/patriot-league-football-preseason-honors-announced-7-30-19.aspx. Retrieved August 3, 2019.

[2] "Lafayette Football 2019 Schedule". Lafayette Athletics. https://www.goleopards.com/schedule.aspx?path=football. Retrieved July 4, 2019.

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