2018 Lafayette Leopards football team

The 2018 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Leopards were led by second-year head coach John Garrett and played their home games at Fisher Field. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 3–8, 2–4 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.

2018 Lafayette Leopards football
Conference	Patriot League
2018 record	3–8 (2–4 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. 8 Colgate $^		6	–	0					10	–	2
Holy Cross		4	–	2					5	–	6
Georgetown		4	–	2					5	–	6
Lehigh		2	–	4					3	–	8
Lafayette		2	–	4					3	–	8
Fordham		2	–	4					2	–	9
Bucknell		1	–	5					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

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)
1	Colgate	71 (11)
2	Lehigh	63 (3)
3	Fordham	45
4	Holy Cross	40
T–5	Bucknell	31
T–5	Lafayette	31
7	Georgetown	13

Preseason All-Patriot League team

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

Offense Will Eisler – FB

Defense Anthony Giudice – DL Jerry Powe – LB

Special teams CJ Amill – RS

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	at Sacred Heart*	Campus Field Fairfield, CT	NECFR	L 6–35	4,157
September 8	3:30 p.m.	at Delaware*	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	MASN	L 0–37	12,781
September 15	6:00 p.m.	Monmouth*	Fisher Field Easton, PA	Stadium WBPH	L 20–24	4,325
September 22	1:00 p.m.	at Colgate	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	Stadium	L 0–45	7,753
September 29	6:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut*	Fisher Field Easton, PA	Stadium WBPH	W 31–24	5,295
October 13	3:30 p.m.	Georgetown	Fisher Field Easton, PA	Stadium WBPH	L 6–13	4,657
October 20	12:00 p.m.	at Bucknell	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	Stadium WBPH	W 29–27	3,097
October 27	1:00 p.m.	at Fordham	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	Stadium	W 21–13	3,616
November 3	12:30 p.m.	Holy Cross	Fisher Field Easton, PA	Stadium WBPH	L 14–40	3,914
November 10	12:00 p.m.	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	CBSSN	L 13–31	31,286
November 17	12:30 p.m.	Lehigh	Fisher Field Easton, PA (154th meeting of The Rivalry)	MASN Stadium WBPH	L 3–34	11,028
*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 Sacred Heart

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	3	0	3	0	6
Pioneers	7	14	7	7	35

See also: 2018 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

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

See also: 2018 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

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

See also: 2018 Monmouth Hawks football team

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

See also: 2018 Colgate Raiders football team

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

See also: 2018 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	1981	LAF, 51–0

Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	13	0	0	13
Leopards	0	3	0	3	6

See also: 2018 Georgetown Hoyas football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–7	2017	LAF, 7–0

at Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	7	0	13	9	29
Bisons	7	7	7	6	27

See also: 2018 Bucknell Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
52–37–6	2017	BUCK, 13–7^OT

at Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	0	14	7	0	21
Rams	0	13	0	0	13

See also: 2018 Fordham Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–12–1	2017	LAF, 14–10

Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	0	17	23	0	40
Leopards	14	0	0	0	14

See also: 2018 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–15	2017	LAF, 10–7

at Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	3	3	0	7	13
Black Knights	3	14	14	0	31

See also: 2018 Army Black Knights football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–18	2016	ARMY, 62–7

Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	17	0	10	7	34
Leopards	0	3	0	0	3

See also: 2018 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team and The Rivalry (Lehigh–Lafayette)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
78–70–5	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. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.