2019 Lafayette Leopards football team

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.

2019 Lafayette Leopards football
Conference	Patriot League
2019 record	4–8 (4–2 Patriot)
Head coach	John Garrett (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Open
Defensive coordinator	Manny Rojas (1st season)
Home stadium	Fisher Field (Capacity: 13,132)
Uniform

2019 Patriot League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Holy Cross $^		5	–	1					7	–	5
Lafayette		4	–	2					4	–	8
Bucknell		3	–	3					3	–	8
Lehigh		3	–	3					4	–	7
Colgate		3	–	3					4	–	8
Fordham		2	–	4					4	–	8
Georgetown		1	–	5					5	–	6
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant

Previous season

The Leopards finished the 2018 season 3–8, 2–4 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

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

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 p.m.	at William & Mary*	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	FloSports	L 17–30	10,167
September 7	1:00 p.m.	at Monmouth*	Kessler Stadium West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN+	L 21–24	2,955
September 14	12:30 p.m.	Sacred Heart*	Fisher Field Easton, PA	Stadium	L 40–56	5,119
September 21	7:00 p.m.	at Albany*	Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	FloSports	L 7–36	3,241
September 28	3:30 p.m.	Penn*	Fisher Field Easton, PA (rivalry)	Stadium	L 24–28	4,911
October 11	7:00 p.m.	at No. 21 Princeton*	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPNU	L 3–28	4,521
October 19	12:00 p.m.	at Georgetown	Cooper Field Washington, D.C.	Stadium	L 10–14	1,984
October 26	3:30 p.m.	Bucknell	Fisher Field Easton, PA (rivalry)	Stadium	W 21–17	5,325
November 2	12:30 p.m.	Fordham	Fisher Field Easton, PA	Stadium	W 38–34	3,505
November 9	12:00 p.m.	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	Stadium	W 23–20	5,236
November 16	12:30 p.m.	Colgate	Fisher Field Easton, PA	Stadium	L 0–16
November 23	12:30 p.m.	at Lehigh	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA (155th meeting of The Rivalry)	Stadium WFMZ	W 17–16
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Source: [2]

Game summaries

at William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	7	3	0	7	17
Tribe	6	0	24	0	30

See also: 2019 William & Mary Tribe football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–3	2015	W&M, 34–7

at Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	0	7	7	7	21
Hawks	7	14	0	3	24

See also: 2019 Monmouth Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2018	MON, 24–20

Sacred Heart

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pioneers	14	7	21	14	56
Leopards	3	21	3	13	40

See also: 2019 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	2018	SHU, 35–6

at Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	0	0	0	7	7
Great Danes	12	10	0	14	36

See also: 2019 Albany Great Danes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	0	14	0	14	28
Leopards	3	7	0	14	24

See also: 2019 Penn Quakers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–63–4	2013	PENN, 27–21

at Princeton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	0	3	0	0	3
No. 21 Tigers	7	7	14	0	28

See also: 2019 Princeton Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–42–3	2017	PRIN, 38–17

at Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	7	3	0	0	10
Hoyas	7	7	0	0	14

See also: 2019 Georgetown Hoyas football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–8	2018	GEORG, 13–6

Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	7	7	3	0	17
Leopards	7	0	0	14	21

See also: 2019 Bucknell Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
53–37–6	2018	LAF, 29–27

Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	7	10	17	34
Leopards	17	7	7	7	38

See also: 2019 Fordham Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–12–1	2018	LAF, 21–13

at Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	14	3	6	0	23
Crusaders	3	7	3	7	20

See also: 2019 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–16	2018	HOLY, 40–14

Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	6	0	7	3	16
Leopards	0	0	0	0	0

See also: 2019 Colgate Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–45–4	2018	GATE, 45–0

at Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	7	0	7	3	17
Mountain Hawks	0	7	3	6	16

See also: 2019 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team and The Rivalry (Lehigh–Lafayette)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
78–71–5	2018	LEH, 34–3

References

1. "Patriot League Football Preseason Honors Announced". PatriotLeague.org. July 30, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
2. "Lafayette Football 2019 Schedule". Lafayette Athletics. Retrieved July 4, 2019.