2001 Lafayette Leopards football team

The 2001 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The team was led by Frank Tavani, in his second season as head coach. The Leopards played their home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

2001 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferencePatriot League
2001 record2–8 (1–6 Patriot)
Head coachFrank Tavani (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorMike Faragalli (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJohn Loose (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumFisher Field at Fisher Stadium
(Capacity: 13,750)
2001 Patriot League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 5 Lehigh $^  7 0     11 1  
Colgate  5 1     7 3  
Fordham  5 2     7 4  
Bucknell  4 3     6 4  
Holy Cross  3 4     4 6  
Towson  2 5     3 7  
Lafayette  1 6     2 8  
Georgetown  0 6     3 7  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Lafayette's September 15 game at Princeton was canceled due to college football's collective decision to postpone games following the September 11 attacks.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 81:00 p.m.at TowsonL 13–16 OT2,810[1]
September 157:00 p.m.at Princeton*
  • Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
Lafayette Sports Network cancelled
September 221:30 p.m.Pennsylvania*
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA (81st Meeting)
LSNL 0–377,128[2]
September 291:00 p.m.at Harvard*
L 14–385,803[3]
October 61:00 p.m.Columbia*
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
LSNW 31–142,912[4]
October 131:00 p.m.Bucknell
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
LSNL 16–174,521[5]
October 201:00 p.m.at Holy CrossLSNL 53–6313,219[6]
October 271:30 p.m.Colgate
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
LSNL 16–204,756[7]
November 312:30 p.m.Fordham
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
LSNL 24–453,981[8]
November 1012:30 p.m.at Georgetown
W 37–171,786[9]
November 1712:30 p.m.at No. 5 LehighLSNL 6–4115,600[10]

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