American college football season
2019 Lafayette Leopards football |
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Conference | Patriot League |
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Record | 4–8 (4–2 Patriot) |
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Head coach | - John Garrett (3rd season)
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Defensive coordinator | Manny Rojas (1st season) |
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Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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Uniform |
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2019 Patriot League football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | | W | | L | | | | | W | | L | |
Holy Cross $^ | | 5 | – | 1 | | | | | 7 | – | 5 | |
Lafayette | | 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 | |
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- $ – Conference champion
- ^ – FCS playoff participant
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The 2019 Lafayette Leopards football team represents 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.
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 | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | at William & Mary* | - Zable Stadium
- Williamsburg, VA
| FloSports | L 17–30 | 10,167 |
September 7 | 1:00 p.m. | at Monmouth* | | ESPN+ | L 21–24 | 2,955 |
September 14 | 12:30 p.m. | Sacred Heart* | | Stadium | L 40–56 | 5,119 |
September 21 | 7:00 p.m. | at Albany* | | FloSports | L 7–36 | 3,241 |
September 28 | 3:30 p.m. | Penn* | | Stadium | L 24–28 | 4,911 |
October 11 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 21 Princeton* | | ESPNU | L 3–28 | 4,521 |
October 19 | 12:00 p.m. | at Georgetown | | Stadium | L 10–14 | 1,984 |
October 26 | 3:30 p.m. | Bucknell | | Stadium | W 21–17 | 5,325 |
November 2 | 12:30 p.m. | Fordham | | Stadium | W 38–34 | 3,505 |
November 9 | 12:00 p.m. | at Holy Cross | | Stadium | W 23–20 | 5,236 |
November 16 | 12:30 p.m. | Colgate | | Stadium | L 0–16 | |
November 23 | 12:30 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
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Game summaries
At William & Mary
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leopards | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
Tribe | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 30 |
At Monmouth
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leopards | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Hawks | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
Sacred Heart
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Pioneers | 14 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 56 |
Leopards | 3 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 40 |
At Albany
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leopards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Great Danes | 12 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 36 |
Penn
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Quakers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
Leopards | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
At Princeton
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leopards | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
No. 21 Tigers | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
At Georgetown
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leopards | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Hoyas | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Bucknell
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bison | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
Leopards | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
Fordham
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Rams | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 34 |
Leopards | 17 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
At Holy Cross
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leopards | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
Crusaders | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
Colgate
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Raiders | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
Leopards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
At Lehigh
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leopards | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
Mountain Hawks | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
References
- ^ a b "Patriot League Football Preseason Honors Announced". PatriotLeague.org. July 30, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- ^ "Lafayette Football 2019 Schedule". Lafayette Athletics. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
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