2002 Lafayette Leopards football team

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2002 Lafayette Leopards football
Lafayette Leopards wordmark.png
Conference Patriot League
Record7–5 (5–2 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Mike Faragalli (3rd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJohn Loose (3rd season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Fisher Field
Seasons
  2001
2003  
2002 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 12 Fordham +^  6 1   10 3  
No. 25 Colgate +  6 1   9 3  
Lafayette  5 2   7 5  
Lehigh  4 3   8 4  
Towson  3 4   6 5  
Georgetown  2 5   5 6  
Holy Cross  2 5   4 8  
Bucknell  0 7   2 9  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2002 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The team was led by Frank Tavani, in his third season as head coach.

The Leopards played their home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania. Most games were broadcast on the Lafayette Sports Network, or LSN.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 71:00 p.m. Monmouth *LSNW 30–295,223 [1] [2]
September 141:00 p.m. Towson
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
LSNW 23–75,386 [3]
September 211:00 p.m. Penn *
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
LSNL 21–527,947 [4]
September 287:00 p.m.at Princeton *LSNL 19–3413,275 [5]
October 51:00 p.m.at Duquesne *L 22–234,907 [6]
October 121:30 p.m.at Columbia *W 28–211,306 [7]
October 191:30 p.m. Georgetown Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
LSNW 35–177,699 [8]
October 261:00 p.m.at Fordham LSNL 26–334,800 [9]
November 212:30 p.m.at Colgate LSNL 24–313,136
November 912:30 p.m. Bucknell LSNW 19–36,202 [10]
November 1612:30 p.m. Holy Cross
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
LSNW 42–132,207 [11]
November 2312:30 p.m.No. 20 Lehigh
LSNW 14–713,750 [12]

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