2019 Lafayette Leopards football team

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.

2019 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferencePatriot League
Record4–8 (4–2 Patriot)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorManny Rojas (1st season)
Home stadiumFisher Field
Uniform
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
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  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant

Preseason

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Preseason coaches' poll

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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

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The Leopards had four players selected to the preseason All-Patriot League team.[1]

Schedule

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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 GeorgetownStadiumL 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 CrossStadiumW 23–205,236
November 1612:30 p.m.Colgate
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
StadiumL 0–16
November 2312:30 p.m.at LehighStadium
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

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At William & Mary

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1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 7 3 0 7 17
Tribe 6 0 24 0 30

At Monmouth

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1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0 7 7 7 21
Hawks 7 14 0 3 24

Sacred Heart

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1 2 3 4 Total
Pioneers 14 7 21 14 56
Leopards 3 21 3 13 40

At Albany

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1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0 0 0 7 7
Great Danes 12 10 0 14 36

Penn

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1 2 3 4 Total
Quakers 0 14 0 14 28
Leopards 3 7 0 14 24

At Princeton

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1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0 3 0 0 3
No. 21 Tigers 7 7 14 0 28

At Georgetown

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1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 7 3 0 0 10
Hoyas 7 7 0 0 14

Bucknell

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1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 7 7 3 0 17
Leopards 7 0 0 14 21

Fordham

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1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 7 10 17 34
Leopards 17 7 7 7 38

At Holy Cross

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1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 14 3 6 0 23
Crusaders 3 7 3 7 20

Colgate

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1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 6 0 7 3 16
Leopards 0 0 0 0 0

At Lehigh

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1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 7 0 7 3 17
Mountain Hawks 0 7 3 6 16

References

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  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.