2017 Lafayette Leopards football team

2017 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferencePatriot League
Record3–8 (3–3 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMickey Fein
Defensive coordinatorArt Link (4th season)
Home stadiumFisher Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
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  
Lafayette   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 in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Leopards were led by first-year head coach John Garrett and played their home games at Fisher Stadium. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 3–8, 3–3 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.

Schedule

The 2017 schedule consists of five home and six away games. The Leopards will host Patriot League foes Sacred Heart, Fordham, Bucknell, and Colgate, and will travel to Holy Cross, Georgetown, and Lehigh for the 153rd meeting of The Rivalry.

In 2017, Lafayette's non-conference opponents will be 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 Heart
STADIUM
WBPH-TV		L 24–384,923
September 166:00 p.m.at No. 7 Villanova*
ESPN3
WBPH-TV		L 0–599,671
September 236:00 p.m.Princeton*
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
STADIUM
WBPH-TV		L 17–387,239
September 301:05 p.m.at Holy Cross
MASN
STADIUM
WBPH-TV		W 10–77,764
October 73:30 p.m.Fordham
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
STADIUM
WBPH-TV		W 14–104,659
October 141:00 p.m.at Harvard*
ILN
NESN		L 10–3810,025
October 213:30 p.m.Bucknelldagger
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
STADIUM
WBPH-TV		L 7–13 OT5,512
November 42:00 p.m.at Georgetown
STADIUMW 7–01,750
November 1112:30 p.m.Colgate
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
STADIUM
WBPH-TV		L 0–275,612
November 1812:30 p.m.at Lehigh
STADIUM
WBPH-TV
WFMZ		L 31–3815,270
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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.


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