2000 Lafayette Leopards football team

2000 Lafayette Leopards football
Conference	Patriot League
Record	2–9 (1–5 Patriot)
Head coach	Frank Tavani (1st season)
Captains	Mike Levy Phil Yarberough
Home stadium	Fisher Field
Seasons ←  1999 2001  →

2000 Patriot League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 8 Lehigh $^		6	–	0					12	–	1
Colgate		4	–	2					7	–	4
Holy Cross		4	–	2					7	–	4
Towson		3	–	3					7	–	4
Bucknell		2	–	4					6	–	5
Fordham		1	–	5					3	–	8
Lafayette		1	–	5					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2000 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Leopards tied for last in the Patriot League.

In their first year under head coach Frank Tavani, the Leopards compiled a 2–9 record. ^[1] Mike Levy and Phil Yarberough were the team captains. ^[2]

The Leopards were outscored 350 to 244. Their 1–5 conference record tied for worst in the seven-team Patriot League standings. ^[3]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	Towson	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 42–20	5,229	[4]
September 16	Princeton *	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 24–17	8,013	[5]
September 23	at Penn *	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 45–28	5,427	[6]
September 30	Harvard *	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 42–19	4,728	[7]
October 7	at Columbia *	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 47–22	2,739	[8]
October 14	at Bucknell	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 42–30		[1]
October 21	Holy Cross	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 28–13	6,723	[9]
October 28	at Colgate	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	L 17–14	5,290	[10]
November 4	at Fordham	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	L 31–28	3,138	[11]
November 11	at Duquesne *	Rooney Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 23–14	4,703	[12]
November 18	No. 8 Lehigh	Fisher Field Easton, PA (The Rivalry)	L 31–17	12,586	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Lafayette Football 1963-2000". 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. 7. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
4. Hickling, Dan (September 10, 2000). "Towson Pulls Away for 42-20 Rout of Lafayette". The Baltimore Sun . Baltimore, Md. p. 12D – via Newspapers.com.
5. Meixell, Ted (September 17, 2000). "The Glavic Era Begins, as 'Pards Top Princeton". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Meixell, Ted (September 24, 2000). "Lafayette Loses, Makes Decisions". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Meixell, Ted (October 1, 2000). "Harvard Drubs Lafayette, 42-19". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Crimson Ride Rose to a Romp on Road". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. October 1, 2000. p. D18.
8. Meixell, Ted (October 8, 2000). "'Pards' Tavani Still Chasing No. 2". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. October 8, 2000. p. C19.
9. Meixell, Ted (October 22, 2000). "Motivated Lafayette Downs Holy Cross, 28-13". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Colgate 17, Lafayette 14". Press & Sun-Bulletin . Binghamton, N.Y. October 29, 2000. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
11. Meixell, Ted (November 5, 2000). "Leopards Lose Magic and Game to Fordham, 31-28". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C2 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Fordham 31, Lafayette 28". The Journal News . White Plains, N.Y. November 5, 2000. p. 9C.
12. Axelrod, Phil (November 12, 2000). "Un-Patriotic: Duquesne Disposes of Patriot League Foe Lafayette, 23-14". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Pittsburgh, Pa. p. D-8 – via Newspapers.com.
13. Larimer, Terry (November 19, 2000). "Patient Lehigh Pounces on Leopards". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.