2007 Lafayette Leopards football team

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2007 Lafayette Leopards football
Lafayette Leopards wordmark.png
Conference Patriot League
Record7–4 (4–2 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Mike Faragalli (8th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJohn Loose (8th season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Fisher Stadium
(Capacity: 13,132)
Seasons
  2006
2008  
2007 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 20 Fordham $^  5 1   8 4  
Colgate  4 2   7 4  
Holy Cross  4 2   7 4  
Lafayette  4 2   7 4  
Lehigh  2 4   5 6  
Bucknell  1 5   3 8  
Georgetown  1 5   1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2007 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by Frank Tavani, in his eighth season as head coach. The Leopards played their home games at Fisher Stadium in Easton, Pennsylvania. All games were televised on the Lafayette Sports Network (LSN).

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 16:00 pmat Marist *LSNW 49–108,452 [1]
September 86:00 pmat Georgetown LSNW 28–72,131
September 156:00 pmat Penn *No. 25LSNW 8–712,162 [2]
September 226:00 pm Princeton *No. 22
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
LSNL 14–208,921 [3]
October 66:00 pm Columbia *
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
LSNW 29–07,492
October 1312:00 pmat Harvard *LSNL 17–3710,001 [4]
October 201:00 pm Fordham Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
LSNL 23–348,312 [5]
October 271:00 pm Colgate
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
LSNL 27–364,308 [6]
November 31:00 pm Bucknell
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
LSNW 34–74,367 [7]
November 1012:30 pmat Holy Cross LSNW 31–214,487 [8]
November 1712:30 pmat Lehigh LSNW 21–1716,022 [9]

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