2019 Lafayette Leopards football team

2019 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferencePatriot League
Record4–8 (4–2 Patriot)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorManny Rojas (1st season)
Home stadiumFisher Field
Uniform
2019 Patriot League football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Holy Cross $^   5 – 1     7 – 5  
  4 – 2     4 – 8  
Bucknell   3 – 3     3 – 8  
Lehigh   3 – 3     4 – 7  
Colgate   3 – 3     4 – 8  
Fordham   2 – 4     4 – 8  
Georgetown   1 – 5     5 – 6  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant

The 2019 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Leopards were led by third-year head coach John Garrett and played their home games at Fisher Field. They were a member of the Patriot League.

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]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 p.m.at William & Mary*
FloSportsL 17–3010,167
September 71:00 p.m.at Monmouth*
ESPN+L 21–24 2,955
September 1412:30 p.m.Sacred Heart*
StadiumL 40–56 5,119
September 217:00 p.m.at Albany*
FloSportsL 7–36 3,241
September 283:30 p.m.Penn*
StadiumL 24–28 4,911
October 117:00 p.m.at No. 21 Princeton*
ESPNUL 3–28 4,521
October 1912:00 p.m.at Georgetown
StadiumL 10–14 1,984
October 263:30 p.m.Bucknell
StadiumW 21–175,325
November 212:30 p.m.Fordham
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
StadiumW 38–343,505
November 912:00 p.m.at Holy Cross
StadiumW 23–205,236
November 1612:30 p.m.Colgate
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
StadiumL 0–16
November 2312:30 p.m.at Lehigh
Stadium
WFMZ		W 17–16 13,292
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[2]

Game summaries

At William & Mary

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 7 3 0 7 17
Tribe 6 0 24 0 30
See also: 2019 William & Mary Tribe football team

At Monmouth

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0 7 7 7 21
Hawks 7 14 0 3 24
See also: 2019 Monmouth Hawks football team

Sacred Heart

1 2 3 4 Total
Pioneers 14 7 21 14 56
Leopards 3 21 3 13 40
See also: 2019 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

At Albany

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0 0 0 7 7
Great Danes 12 10 0 14 36
See also: 2019 Albany Great Danes football team

Penn

1 2 3 4 Total
Quakers 0 14 0 14 28
Leopards 3 7 0 14 24
See also: 2019 Penn Quakers football team

At Princeton

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0 3 0 0 3
No. 21 Tigers 7 7 14 0 28
See also: 2019 Princeton Tigers football team

At Georgetown

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 7 3 0 0 10
Hoyas 7 7 0 0 14
See also: 2019 Georgetown Hoyas football team

Bucknell

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 7 7 3 0 17
Leopards 7 0 0 14 21
See also: 2019 Bucknell Bison football team

Fordham

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 7 10 17 34
Leopards 17 7 7 7 38
See also: 2019 Fordham Rams football team

At Holy Cross

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 14 3 6 0 23
Crusaders 3 7 3 7 20
See also: 2019 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

Colgate

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 6 0 7 3 16
Leopards 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2019 Colgate Raiders football team

At Lehigh

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 7 0 7 3 17
Mountain Hawks 0 7 3 6 16
See also: 2019 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team and The Rivalry (Lafayette–Lehigh)

References

  1. ^ a b "Patriot League Football Preseason Honors Announced". PatriotLeague.org. July 30, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "Lafayette Football 2019 Schedule". Lafayette Athletics. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
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