2016 Lafayette Leopards football team

American college football season

2016 Lafayette Leopards football

Conference| Patriot League
Record| 2–9 (1–5 Patriot)
Head coach|

* Frank Tavani (17th season)

Offensive coordinator| Mickey Fein
Defensive coordinator| Art Link (3rd season)
Home stadium| Fisher Stadium

Seasons

<- 2015

2017 ->

2016 Patriot League football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
No. 21 Lehigh $^  |  | 6  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  |
Fordham |  | 5  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 3  |
Colgate |  | 4  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Bucknell |  | 3  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 7  |
Holy Cross |  | 2  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 7  |
Lafayette |  | 1  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 9  |
Georgetown |  | 0  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 8  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - FCS playoff participant

Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2016 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 17th-year head coach Frank Tavani and played their home games at Fisher Stadium as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 2–9, 1–5 to finish in sixth place.

On November 29, Tavani was fired,[1] leaving Lafayette with a 17-year record of 84–107.

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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September 2| 6:00 pm| at Central Connecticut*|

* Arute Field
* New Britain, CT

| NECFR| W 24–10| 4,117
September 10| 6:00 pm| Delaware*|

* Fisher Stadium
* Easton, PA

| WBPH-TV| L 6–24| 6,828
September 17| 5:00 pm| at Princeton*|

* Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| ESPN3| L 31–35| 13,420
September 24| 6:00 pm| No. 19 Villanova*|

* Fisher Stadium
* Easton, PA

| WBPH-TV| L 14–31| 7,441
October 1| 3:30 pm| Holy Cross|

* Fisher Stadium
* Easton, PA

| WBPH-TV| L 28–38| 4,948
October 8| 1:00 pm| at Fordham|

* Coffey Field
* Bronx, NY

| PLN| L 34–58| 3,864
October 15| 12:00 pm| at Army*|

* Michie Stadium
* West Point, NY

| CBSSN| L 7–62| 38,894
October 22| 1:00 pm| at Bucknell|

* Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium
* Lewisburg, PA

| WBPH-TV| L 17–42| 2,146
October 29| 12:30 pm| Georgetown|

* Fisher Stadium
* Easton, PA

| WBPH-TV| W 17–3| 4,878
November 12| 1:00 pm| at Colgate|

* Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
* Hamilton, NY

| WBPH-TV| L 17–38| 4,859
November 19| 12:30 pm| No. 19 Lehigh|

* Fisher Stadium
* Easton, PA (The Rivalry)

| WBPH-TV
WFMZ| L 21–45| 12,587

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Eastern time

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## Game summaries

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### At Central Connecticut

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Leopards | 10  | 0  | 0  | 14 | 24
Blue Devils  | 0  | 3  | 7  | 0 | 10

See also: 2016 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

### Delaware

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Fightin' Blue Hens | 3  | 0  | 7  | 14 | 24
Leopards  | 3  | 0  | 3  | 0 | 6

See also: 2016 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

### At Princeton

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Leopards  | 14  | 7  | 3  | 7 | 31
Tigers | 7  | 14  | 14  | 0 | 35

See also: 2016 Princeton Tigers football team

### Villanova

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#19 Wildcats | 7  | 10  | 14  | 0 | 31
Leopards  | 0  | 7  | 7  | 0 | 14

See also: 2016 Villanova Wildcats football team

### Holy Cross

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Crusaders | 10  | 3  | 3  | 22 | 38
Leopards  | 0  | 7  | 14  | 7 | 28

See also: 2016 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

### At Fordham

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Leopards  | 17  | 3  | 7  | 7 | 34
Rams | 20  | 21  | 10  | 7 | 58

See also: 2016 Fordham Rams football team

### At Army

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Leopards  | 0  | 7  | 0  | 0 | 7
Black Knights | 14  | 21  | 14  | 13 | 62

See also: 2016 Army Black Knights football team

### At Bucknell

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Leopards  | 3  | 0  | 14  | 0 | 17
Bison | 7  | 7  | 7  | 21 | 42

See also: 2016 Bucknell Bison football team

### Georgetown

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Hoyas  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 0 | 3
Leopards | 3  | 0  | 14  | 0 | 17

See also: 2016 Georgetown Hoyas football team

### At Colgate

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Leopards  | 0  | 7  | 10  | 10 | 27
Raiders | 10  | 14  | 7  | 7 | 38

See also: 2016 Colgate Raiders football team

### Lehigh

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#19 Mountain Hawks | 7  | 24  | 14  | 0 | 45
Leopards  | 0  | 7  | 6  | 8 | 21

See also: 2016 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team and The Rivalry (Lafayette–Lehigh)

## References

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1. ^ "Frank Tavani out as Lafayette football coach". November 30, 2016.
2. ^ "Lafayette Football Official Schedule". Lafayette College Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on April 12, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2015.

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