2017 Lafayette Leopards football team

2017 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferencePatriot League
Record3–8 (3–3 Patriot)
Head coach
Home stadiumFisher Stadium
2017 Patriot League football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Colgate +   5 1     7 4  
Lehigh +^   5 1     5 7  
Holy Cross   3 3     4 7  
Fordham   3 3     4 7  
  3 3     3 8  
Bucknell   2 4     5 6  
Georgetown   0 6     1 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant

The 2017 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College as member of the Patriot League during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach John Garrett, the Leopards compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third in the Patriot League. Lafayette played home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

The 2017 schedule consisted of five home and six away games. The Leopards hosted Patriot League foes Sacred Heart, Fordham, Bucknell, and Colgate, and traveled to Holy Cross, Georgetown, and Lehigh for the 153rd meeting of The Rivalry. Lafayette's non-conference opponents were Monmouth of the Big South Conference, Villanova of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Princeton and Harvard of the Ivy League.[1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 23:00 p.m.at Monmouth*ESPN3L 12–313,898
September 96:00 p.m.Sacred HeartStadium, WBPH-TVL 24–384,923
September 166:00 p.m.at No. 7 Villanova*ESPN3, WBPH-TVL 0–599,671
September 236:00 p.m.Princeton*
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
Stadium, WBPH-TVL 17–387,239
September 301:05 p.m.at Holy CrossMASN, Stadium, WBPH-TVW 10–77,764
October 73:30 p.m.Fordham
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
Stadium, WBPH-TVW 14–104,659
October 141:00 p.m.at Harvard*ILN, NESNL 10–3810,025
October 213:30 p.m.Bucknell
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
Stadium, WBPH-TVL 7–13 OT5,512
November 42:00 p.m.at GeorgetownStadiumW 7–01,750
November 1112:30 p.m.Colgate
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
Stadium, WBPH-TVL 0–275,612
November 1812:30 p.m.at LehighStadium, WBPH-TV, WFMZL 31–3815,270
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

References

  1. ^ "Lafayette Football Official Schedule". Lafayette Athletics. Archived from the original on April 12, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.