American college football season
2016 Lafayette Leopards football |
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Conference | Patriot League |
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Record | 2–9 (1–5 Patriot) |
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Head coach | - Frank Tavani (17th season)
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Offensive coordinator | Mickey Fein |
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Defensive coordinator | Art Link (3rd season) |
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Home stadium | Fisher Stadium |
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Seasons |
2016 Patriot League football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | | W | | L | | | | | W | | L | |
No. 21 Lehigh $^ | | 6 | – | 0 | | | | | 9 | – | 3 | |
Fordham | | 5 | – | 1 | | | | | 8 | – | 3 | |
Colgate | | 4 | – | 2 | | | | | 5 | – | 5 | |
Bucknell | | 3 | – | 3 | | | | | 4 | – | 7 | |
Holy Cross | | 2 | – | 4 | | | | | 4 | – | 7 | |
Lafayette | | 1 | – | 5 | | | | | 2 | – | 9 | |
Georgetown | | 0 | – | 6 | | | | | 3 | – | 8 | |
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- $ – Conference champion
- ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll |
The 2016 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 17th-year head coach Frank Tavani and played their home games at Fisher Stadium as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 2–9, 1–5 to finish in sixth place.
On November 29, Tavani was fired,[1] leaving Lafayette with a 17-year record of 84–107.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 6:00 pm | at Central Connecticut* | | NECFR | W 24–10 | 4,117 |
September 10 | 6:00 pm | Delaware* | | WBPH-TV | L 6–24 | 6,828 |
September 17 | 5:00 pm | at Princeton* | | ESPN3 | L 31–35 | 13,420 |
September 24 | 6:00 pm | No. 19 Villanova* | | WBPH-TV | L 14–31 | 7,441 |
October 1 | 3:30 pm | Holy Cross![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | WBPH-TV | L 28–38 | 4,948 |
October 8 | 1:00 pm | at Fordham | | PLN | L 34–58 | 3,864 |
October 15 | 12:00 pm | at Army* | | CBSSN | L 7–62 | 38,894 |
October 22 | 1:00 pm | at Bucknell | | WBPH-TV | L 17–42 | 2,146 |
October 29 | 12:30 pm | Georgetown | | WBPH-TV | W 17–3 | 4,878 |
November 12 | 1:00 pm | at Colgate | | WBPH-TV | L 17–38 | 4,859 |
November 19 | 12:30 pm | No. 19 Lehigh | - Fisher Stadium
- Easton, PA (The Rivalry)
| WBPH-TV WFMZ | L 21–45 | 12,587 |
- *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 Central Connecticut
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leopards | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
Blue Devils | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
Delaware
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Fightin' Blue Hens | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
Leopards | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
At Princeton
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leopards | 14 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
Tigers | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
Villanova
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#19 Wildcats | 7 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
Leopards | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Holy Cross
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Crusaders | 10 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 38 |
Leopards | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
At Fordham
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leopards | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
Rams | 20 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 58 |
At Army
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leopards | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Black Knights | 14 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 62 |
At Bucknell
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leopards | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
Bison | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
Georgetown
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Hoyas | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Leopards | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
At Colgate
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leopards | 0 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
Raiders | 10 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
Lehigh
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#19 Mountain Hawks | 7 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 45 |
Leopards | 0 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
References
- ^ "Frank Tavani out as Lafayette football coach". November 30, 2016.
- ^ "Lafayette Football Official Schedule". Lafayette College Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on April 12, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
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Venues | - The Quad (1882–1893)
- March Field (1894–1925)
- Fisher Stadium (1926–present)
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