American college football season
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 [ edit ] Preseason coaches' poll [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31 6:00 p.m. at William & Mary * FloSports L 17–3010,167 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 21–175,325 November 2 12:30 p.m. Fordham Stadium W 38–343,505 November 9 12:00 p.m. at Holy Cross Stadium W 23–205,236 November 16 12:30 p.m. Colgate Stadium L 0–16 November 23 12:30 p.m. at Lehigh StadiumWFMZ W 17–16 13,292 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries [ edit ] At William & Mary [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Leopards 7 3 0 7 17 Tribe 6 0 24 0 30
At Monmouth [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Leopards 0 7 7 7 21 Hawks 7 14 0 3 24
Sacred Heart [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Pioneers 14 7 21 14 56 Leopards 3 21 3 13 40
At Albany [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Leopards 0 0 0 7 7 Great Danes 12 10 0 14 36
1 2 3 4 Total Quakers 0 14 0 14 28 Leopards 3 7 0 14 24
At Princeton [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Leopards 0 3 0 0 3 No. 21 Tigers 7 7 14 0 28
At Georgetown [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Leopards 7 3 0 0 10 Hoyas 7 7 0 0 14
Bucknell [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bison 7 7 3 0 17 Leopards 7 0 0 14 21
Fordham [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Rams 0 7 10 17 34 Leopards 17 7 7 7 38
At Holy Cross [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Leopards 14 3 6 0 23 Crusaders 3 7 3 7 20
Colgate [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Raiders 6 0 7 3 16 Leopards 0 0 0 0 0
At Lehigh [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Leopards 7 0 7 3 17 Mountain Hawks 0 7 3 6 16
References [ edit ]
Venues The Quad (1882–1893) March Field (1894–1925) Fisher Stadium (1926–present) Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold