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 (8th season)
Defensive coordinator	Art Link (3rd season)
Home stadium	Fisher Stadium
Seasons ←  2015 2017  →

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 as member of the Patriot League during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Frank Tavani in his 17th and final season as head coach, the Leopards compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, placing sixth in the Patriot League. Lafayette played home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Tavani was fired after the season, on November 29. ^[1] His finished his tenure at Lafayette with an overall 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.