1990 Lafayette Leopards football team

American college football season

1990 Lafayette Leopards football

Conference| Patriot League
Record| 4–7 (1–4 Patriot)
Head coach|

* Bill Russo (10th season)

Captains|

* Art Bittel
* Tom Costello

Home stadium| Fisher Field

Seasons

<- 1989

1991 ->

1990 Patriot League football standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 8 Holy Cross $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 1
Bucknell | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
Colgate | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
Lehigh | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
Lafayette | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 7  | - | 0
Fordham | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 9  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1990 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Leopards finished second-to-last in the newly renamed Patriot League.

In their tenth year under head coach Bill Russo, the Leopards compiled a 4–7 record.[1] Art Bittel and Tom Costello were the team captains.[2]

The Leopards were outscored 318 to 223. Their 1–4 conference record placed fifth in the six-team Patriot League standings.[3] This was the first year of competition under the Patriot League banner; the league had been known as the Colonial League since 1986.[4]

Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 8 |  Kutztown* |

* Fisher Field
* Easton, PA

| W 32–16|  4,239 |  [5]
September 15 |  Bucknell |

* Fisher Field
* Easton, PA

| L 14–24|  |  [1]
September 22 | at Yale* |

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT

| L 17–18|  6,458 |  [6]
September 29 |  Penn* |

* Fisher Field
* Easton, PA

| W 20–13|  8,214 |  [7]
October 6 | at Columbia* |

* Wien Stadium
* New York, NY

| W 41–34|  4,075 |  [8]
October 13 |  Cornell* |

* Fisher Field
* Easton, PA

| L 16–38|  9,852 |  [9]
October 20 | at Army* |

* Michie Stadium
* West Point, NY

| L 0–56|  38,947 |  [10]
October 27 | at No. 13 Holy Cross |

* Fitton Field
* Worcester, MA

| L 3–34|  8,247 |  [11]
November 3 | at Fordham |

* Coffey Field
* Bronx, NY

| W 59–14|  3,894 |  [12]
November 10 | at Colgate |

* Andy Kerr Stadium
* Hamilton, NY

| L 7–36|  1,025 |  [13]
November 17 |  Lehigh |

* Fisher Field
* Easton, PA (The Rivalry)

| L 14–35|  17,651 |  [14]

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Lafayette Football 1963-1990". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 104. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
2. ^ "Team Captains 1882-2019". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 97. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
3. ^ "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 2. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
4. ^ Meixell, Ted (September 6, 1990). "Holy Cross Unanimous Choice for Patriot Title". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C6 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ Meixell, Ted (September 9, 1990). "Lafayette Outpoints KU 32-16". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ Berlet, Bruce (September 23, 1990). "Yale Survives Scare, 18-17". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. C8, C11 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ Meixell, Ted (September 30, 1990). "Lafayette Defense Tough in the Clutch". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ Meixell, Ted (October 7, 1990). "Lafayette Hangs on to Outscore Columbia 41-34". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C4 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ Meixell, Ted (October 14, 1990). "Lafayette 'Horrible' in 38-16 Defeat". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ Meixell, Ted (October 21, 1990). "Army Trounces Lafayette 56-0". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ Meixell, Ted (October 28, 1990). "Holy Cross Too Much for Lafayette". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 - via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ Meixell, Ted (November 4, 1990). "Leopards Crush Fordham 59-14". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C4 - via Newspapers.com.
13. ^ "Goodwin, Norton Lead Colgate over Lafayette". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. Associated Press. November 12, 1990. pp. C9, C15 - via Newspapers.com.
14. ^ Meixell, Ted (November 18, 1990). "Lehigh's Torain Writes Perfect Ending to Career; Engineers Dominate Trenches as Leopards Show Youth". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 - via Newspapers.com.

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Lafayette Leopards football

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* The Quad (1882–1893)
* March Field (1894–1925)
* Fisher Stadium (1926–present)

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* Lehigh: The Rivalry

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* "On, Lafayette!"
* Leopard Pride
* 1949 Sun Bowl controversy

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