2004 Lafayette Leopards football team

The 2004 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The team was led by Frank Tavani, in his fifth season as head coach. The Leopards played their home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

2004 Lafayette Leopards football
Patriot League co-champion
I-AA Playoffs First Round, L 14–28 vs. Delaware
Conference	Patriot League
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 19[1]
FCS Coaches	No. 19[2]
2004 record	8–4 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach	Frank Tavani (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Faragalli (5th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	John Loose (5th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Fisher Field at Fisher Stadium (Capacity: 13,750)

2004 Patriot League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 15 Lehigh +^		5	–	1					9	–	3
No. 19 Lafayette +^		5	–	1					8	–	4
Bucknell		4	–	2					7	–	4
Colgate		4	–	2					7	–	4
Fordham		2	–	4					5	–	6
Holy Cross		1	–	5					3	–	8
Georgetown		0	–	6					3	–	8
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Lafayette played in its first post-season game ever at Delaware by virtue of winning the Patriot League championship. Tavani was named a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	1:00 p.m.	Marist*		Fisher Field Easton, Pennsylvania	Lafayette Sports Network	W 48–7	4,283[3]
September 11	1:00 p.m.	at Georgetown		Multi-Sport Field Washington, D.C.	LSN	W 17–6	1,842[4]
September 18	6:00 p.m.	at Princeton*		Princeton Stadium Princeton, New Jersey	LSN	L 18–35	8,691[5]
September 25	1:00 p.m.	at Richmond*		University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, Virginia	LSN	W 21–16	5,121[6]
October 2	1:00 p.m.	Harvard*		Fisher Field Easton, Pennsylvania	LSN	L 23–38	5,365[7]
October 9	12:00 p.m.	at Columbia*		Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York City	LSN	W 35–18	1,318[8]
October 16	1:00 p.m.	at Bucknell		Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (80th Meeting)	LSN	W 14–13	3,026[9]
October 23	1:00 p.m.	at Fordham		Coffey Field New York City, New York	LSN	W 35–20	3,150[10]
November 6	12:30 p.m.	at Colgate		Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, New York	LSN	L 19–22	4,514[11]
November 13	12:30 p.m.	Holy Cross		Fisher Field Easton, Pennsylvania	LSN	W 56–20	4,543[12]
November 20	12:30 p.m.	No. 8 Lehigh		Fisher Field Easton, Pennsylvania (140th Meeting)	LSN	W 14–7	14,000[13]
November 27	3:00 p.m.	at No. 10 Delaware*	No. 24	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware (I-AA Playoffs First Round)	LSN, CN8, CSTV	L 14–28	13,707[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from FCS Coaches Poll Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "Final Sports Network's 2004 FCS College Football Poll". Archived from the original on 2012-09-22.
2. "Three Ranked in Final 2004 I-AA Polls". Archived from the original on 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
3. "Lafayette vs. Marist".
4. "Lafayette at Georgetown".
5. "Lafayette at Princeton".
6. "Lafayette at Richmond".
7. "Lafayette vs. Harvard".
8. "Lafayette at Columbia".
9. "Lafayette at Bucknell".
10. "Lafayette at Fordham".
11. "Lafayette at Colgate".
12. "Lafayette vs. Holy Cross".
13. "Lafayette vs. Lehigh".
14. "Lafayette at Delaware".