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American college football season
The 2019 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Leopards were led by third-year head coach John Garrett and played their home games at Fisher Field . They were a member of the Patriot League .
[ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31 6:00 p.m. at William & Mary * FloSports L 17–3010,167 September 7 1:00 p.m. at Monmouth * ESPN+ L 21–24 2,955 September 14 12:30 p.m. Sacred Heart * Stadium L 40–56 5,119 September 21 7:00 p.m. at Albany * FloSports L 7–36 3,241 September 28 3:30 p.m. Penn * Stadium L 24–28 4,911 October 11 7:00 p.m. at No. 21 Princeton * ESPNU L 3–28 4,521 October 19 12:00 p.m. at Georgetown Stadium L 10–14 1,984 October 26 3:30 p.m. Bucknell Stadium W 21–175,325 November 2 12:30 p.m. Fordham Stadium W 38–343,505 November 9 12:00 p.m. at Holy Cross Stadium W 23–205,236 November 16 12:30 p.m. Colgate Stadium L 0–16November 23 12:30 p.m. at Lehigh StadiumWFMZ W 17–16 13,292 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[ 2]
1
2
3
4
Total
Leopards
7
3
0
7
17
Tribe
6
0
24
0
30
1
2
3
4
Total
Leopards
0
7
7
7
21
Hawks
7
14
0
3
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Pioneers
14
7
21
14
56
Leopards
3
21
3
13
40
1
2
3
4
Total
Leopards
0
0
0
7
7
Great Danes
12
10
0
14
36
1
2
3
4
Total
Quakers
0
14
0
14
28
Leopards
3
7
0
14
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Leopards
0
3
0
0
3
No. 21 Tigers
7
7
14
0
28
1
2
3
4
Total
Leopards
7
3
0
0
10
Hoyas
7
7
0
0
14
1
2
3
4
Total
Bison
7
7
3
0
17
Leopards
7
0
0
14
21
1
2
3
4
Total
Rams
0
7
10
17
34
Leopards
17
7
7
7
38
1
2
3
4
Total
Leopards
14
3
6
0
23
Crusaders
3
7
3
7
20
1
2
3
4
Total
Raiders
6
0
7
3
16
Leopards
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
4
Total
Leopards
7
0
7
3
17
Mountain Hawks
0
7
3
6
16
Venues
The Quad (1882–1893)
March Field (1894–1925)
Fisher Stadium (1926–present) Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
