2020 Lafayette Leopards football team

The 2020 Lafayette Leopards football team will represent Lafayette College in the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Leopards will be led by fourth-year head coach John Garrett and play their home games at Fisher Field. They are a member of the Patriot League.

2020 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferencePatriot League
2020 record0–0 (0–0 Patriot)
Head coachJohn Garrett (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorDoug McFadden (1st season)
Home stadiumFisher Field
(Capacity: 13,132)
2020 Patriot League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Bucknell   –      –  
Colgate   –      –  
Fordham   –      –  
Georgetown   –      –  
Holy Cross   –      –  
Lafayette   –      –  
Lehigh   –      –  
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Patriot League suspended the 2020 football season.
As of August 17, 2020; Rankings from STATS Poll

On July 13, 2020, the Patriot League announced that it would cancel its fall sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league has not ruled out the possibility of playing in the spring.[1] The schedule below is as it appeared at the time of the cancellation.

Previous season

The Leopards finished the 2018 season 4–8, 4–2 in Patriot League play to finish in second place.

Schedule

Lafayette had games scheduled against Sacred Heart (September 5), Navy (September 12), Penn (September 26), and Harvard (October 17), which were all later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[2][3][4]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 19 William & Mary*
October 3 at Fordham
October 10 at Bucknell
October 31 Georgetown
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
November 7 Holy Cross
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
November 14 at Colgate
November 21 Lehigh
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA (The Rivalry)

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    References
    1. "Patriot League cancels fall sports due to virus". ESPN.com. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
    2. Kelley, Kevin (3 July 2020). "Lafayette College cancels 2020 football game at Navy". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
    3. "Lafayette Delays the Start of 2020 Fall Sports Seasons". Lafayette College Athletics. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
    4. West, Jenna. "Ivy League to Postpone Fall Athletics, No Date Set for Return". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
    5. "2020 Lafayette Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 17, 2020.


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