2016 Lafayette Leopards football team

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

2016 Patriot League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
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

At Central Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	10	0	0	14	24
Blue Devils	0	3	7	0	10

See also: 2016 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

Delaware

	1	2	3	4	Total
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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	14	7	3	7	31
Tigers	7	14	14	0	35

See also: 2016 Princeton Tigers football team

Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Wildcats	7	10	14	0	31
Leopards	0	7	7	0	14

See also: 2016 Villanova Wildcats football team

Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	10	3	3	22	38
Leopards	0	7	14	7	28

See also: 2016 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

At Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	17	3	7	7	34
Rams	20	21	10	7	58

See also: 2016 Fordham Rams football team

At Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	0	7	0	0	7
Black Knights	14	21	14	13	62

See also: 2016 Army Black Knights football team

At Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	3	0	14	0	17
Bison	7	7	7	21	42

See also: 2016 Bucknell Bison football team

Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	3	0	0	3
Leopards	3	0	14	0	17

See also: 2016 Georgetown Hoyas football team

At Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	0	7	10	10	27
Raiders	10	14	7	7	38

See also: 2016 Colgate Raiders football team

Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	Total
#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

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.