2011 Lafayette Leopards football team

2011 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferencePatriot League
Record4–7 (2–4 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMickey Fein (3rd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJohn Loose (12th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumFisher Stadium
2011 Patriot League football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 6 Lehigh $^   6 0     11 2  
Georgetown   4 2     8 3  
Holy Cross   4 2     6 5  
Bucknell   3 3     6 5  
Colgate   2 4     5 6  
  2 4     4 7  
Fordham   0 6     1 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Fordham was ineligible for conference title because they offered football scholarships while other Patriot League members did not.
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2011 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College as member of the Patriot League during the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by 12th-year head coach Frank Tavani, the Leopards compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the Patriot League. Lafayette played home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Lafayette's season opener at North Dakota State was the furthest west the program had ever traveled, and was the Leopards' first contest played indoors since the 1930 team faced Washington & Jefferson at the Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 37:00 pmat No. 11 North Dakota State*L 6–4217,023[1]
September 106:00 pmat GeorgetownL 13–142,435
September 176:00 pmat Penn*LSN/MASNW 37–129,438
September 246:00 pmat Stony Brook*LSN/MASNL 20–378,278
October 16:00 pmHarvard*LSN/MASNL 3–314,512
October 156:00 pmYale*
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
LSN/MASNW 28–194,872
October 221:00 pmFordham
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
LSN/MASNW 45–245,567
October 296:00 pmBucknell
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
LSN/MASNL 13–393,604
November 56:00 pmColgate
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
LSN/MASNW 37–24 OT5,129
November 1212:30 pmat Holy CrossLSN/MASNL 24–294,281
November 1912:30 pmat No. 6 LehighESPN3L 13–3716,013

References

  1. ^ "Lafayette loses big to North Dakota". The Morning Call. September 4, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.