2006 Lafayette Leopards football team

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2006 Lafayette Leopards football
Lafayette Leopards wordmark.png
Patriot League co-champion
Conference Patriot League
Record6–6 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Mike Faragalli (7th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJohn Loose (7th season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Fisher Stadium
Seasons
←  2005
2007  →
2006 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Lafayette +^  5 –1   6 –6  
Lehigh +  5 –1   6 –5  
Holy Cross  4 –2   7 –4  
Bucknell  3 –3   6 –5  
Colgate  3 –3   4 –7  
Fordham  1 –5   3 –8  
Georgetown  0 –6   2 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2006 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by Frank Tavani, in his seventh season as head coach. The Leopards were co-champions of the Patriot League.

Before the first home game of 2006, Lafayette renovated the football team's longtime home stadium, Fisher Field. The Leopards played their home games at the renamed Fisher Field at Fisher Stadium in Easton, Pennsylvania. All games were broadcast on the Lafayette Sports Network (LSN).

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 22:00 p.m.at Sacred Heart *
LSNW 21–141,411 [1]
September 96:00 p.m.at Bucknell No. 25
LSNW 31–06,273 [2]
September 161:00 p.m. Penn *No. 22
LSNL 11–219,251 [3]
September 236:00 p.m.at Princeton *
LSNL 14–268,291
September 301:00 p.m. Yale *
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
LSNL 34–374,389 [4]
October 1412:00 p.m.at No. 15 Harvard *
LSNL 7–2410,807 [5]
October 211:00 p.m. Holy Cross Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
LSNL 28–387,893 [6]
October 281:00 p.m.at Colgate
LSNW 27–102,010 [7]
November 41:00 p.m.at Fordham
LSNW 31–243,231 [8]
November 111:00 p.m. Georgetown
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
LSNW 27–264,942 [9]
November 191:00 p.m. Lehigh
LSNW 49–2715,207 [10]
November 2512:00 p.m.at No. 3 UMass *
LSNL 14–355,388 [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Bostrom, Don (September 3, 2006). "Lafayette Rallies Past Sacred Heart 25-14". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "College Football Scoreboard: State". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. September 3, 2006. p. E10.
  2. ↑ Housenick, Tom (September 10, 2006). "Bison Dismal in Loss". The Daily Item . Sunbury, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Parrillo, Ray (September 17, 2006). "Sophomore QB Leads Quakers Over Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. D18 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Hine, Tommy (October 1, 2006). "Difference-Makers: Polhemus, McLeod Have Big Days". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. E7, E15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Larson, Craig (October 15, 2006). "Harvard Tackles Assignment". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. D15 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Courogen, Chris (October 22, 2006). "A Point Is Made by HC". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. C18 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Muder, Craig (October 29, 2006). "Colgate's Struggles Continue with Loss". Observer-Dispatch . Utica, N.Y. p. 3D – via NewsBank.
  8. ↑ Bostrom, Don (November 5, 2006). "Lafayette Holds Off Fordham, 31-24". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Lafayette 31, Fordham 24". The Journal News . White Plains, N.Y. November 5, 2006. p. 15C.
  9. ↑ Blake, Corky (November 12, 2006). "Leopards Thinking Title After Latest Win". The Express-Times . Easton, Pa. p. C1 – via NewsBank.
  10. ↑ Groller, Keith (November 19, 2006). "Lafayette Turns Up the Hurt: Leopards Earn Trip to Playoffs with Rout of Lehigh". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Dobrow, Marty (November 25, 2006). "UMass Is Spot-On Against Leopards". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. D15 – via Newspapers.com.


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