2018 Lafayette Leopards football team

2018 Lafayette Leopards football
Conference Patriot League
2018 record 1–4 (0–1 Patriot)
Head coach John Garrett (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator John Van Dam (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Luke Thompson (1st season)
Home stadium Fisher Field
(Capacity: 13,132)
2018 Patriot League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 20 Colgate  3 –0     5 –0  
Georgetown  1 –0     2 –4  
Bucknell  1 –1     1 –5  
Lehigh  0 –0     1 –4  
Lafayette  0 –1     1 –4  
Fordham  0 –1     0 –5  
Holy Cross  0 –2     1 –5  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Lafayette Leopards football team represents Lafayette College in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Leopards are led by second-year head coach John Garrett and play their home games at Fisher Field. They are a member of the Patriot League.

Previous season

The Leopards finished the 2017 season 3–8, 3–3 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.

Preseason

Preseason coaches poll

The Patriot League released their preseason coaches poll on July 26, 2018, with the Leopards predicted to finish in a tie for fifth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Colgate71 (11)
2Lehigh63 (3)
3Fordham45
4Holy Cross40
T–5Bucknell31
T–5Lafayette31
7Georgetown13

Preseason All-Patriot League team

The Leopards placed four players on the preseason all-Patriot League team.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.at Sacred Heart*
NECFRL 6–354,157
September 83:30 p.m.at Delaware*
MASNL 0–3712,781
September 156:00 p.m.Monmouth*
Stadium
WBPH		L 20–244,325
September 221:00 p.m.at Colgate
StadiumL 0–457,753
September 296:00 p.m.Central Connecticut*
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
Stadium
WBPH		W 31–245,295
October 133:30 p.m.Georgetowndagger
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
Stadium
WBPH
October 2012:00 p.m.at Bucknell
Stadium
WBPH
October 271:00 p.m.at Fordham
Stadium
November 312:30 p.m.Holy Cross
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
Stadium
WBPH
November 1012:00 p.m.at Army*
CBSSN
November 1712:30 p.m.Lehigh
MASN
Stadium
WBPH
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[2]

Game summaries

at Sacred Heart

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 3 0 3 0 6
Pioneers 7 14 7 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2017 SHU, 38–24

at Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0 0 0 0 0
Fightin' Blue Hens 14 7 7 9 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–20 2016 UD, 31–12

Monmouth

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 6 9 6 3 24
Leopards 13 7 0 0 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2017 MON, 19–9

at Colgate

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0 0 0 0 0
Raiders 15 21 9 0 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–44–4 2017 GATE, 27–0

Central Connecticut

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 7 10 0 7 24
Leopards 7 7 7 10 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 1981 LAF, 51–0

Georgetown

1 2 3 4 Total
Hoyas 0
Leopards 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–8 2017 LAF, 7–0

at Bucknell

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0
Bisons 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
52–37–6 2017 BUCK, 13–7OT

at Fordham

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0
Rams 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
23–12–1 2017 LAF, 14–10

Holy Cross

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0
Leopards 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–15 2017 LAF, 10–7

at Army

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0
Black Knights 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–18 2016 ARMY, 62–7

Lehigh

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0
Leopards 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
78–69–5 2017 LEH, 38–31

References

  1. ↑ "Patriot League - Patriot League Football Preseason Major Awards, Poll and All-League Honors Announced (7.26.18)". patriotleague.org.
  2. ↑ "Lafayette Football Official Schedule". Lafayette Athletics. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
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