1990 Lafayette Leopards football team
| 1990 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 4–7 (1–4 Patriot) |
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| Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Holy Cross $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1990 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Leopards finished second-to-last in the newly renamed Patriot League.
In their tenth year under head coach Bill Russo, the Leopards compiled a 4–7 record.[1] Art Bittel and Tom Costello were the team captains.[2]
The Leopards were outscored 318 to 223. Their 1–4 conference record placed fifth in the six-team Patriot League standings.[3] This was the first year of competition under the Patriot League banner; the league had been known as the Colonial League since 1986.[4]
Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 8 | Kutztown* | W 32–16 | 4,239 | [5] | |||
| September 15 | Bucknell |
| L 14–24 | [1] | |||
| September 22 | at Yale* | L 17–18 | 6,458 | [6] | |||
| September 29 | Penn* |
| W 20–13 | 8,214 | [7] | ||
| October 6 | at Columbia* | W 41–34 | 4,075 | [8] | |||
| October 13 | Cornell* |
| L 16–38 | 9,852 | [9] | ||
| October 20 | at Army* | L 0–56 | 38,947 | [10] | |||
| October 27 | at No. 13 Holy Cross | L 3–34 | 8,247 | [11] | |||
| November 3 | at Fordham | W 59–14 | 3,894 | [12] | |||
| November 10 | at Colgate | L 7–36 | 1,025 | [13] | |||
| November 17 | Lehigh |
| L 14–35 | 17,651 | [14] | ||
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "Lafayette Football 1963-1990". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 104. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Team Captains 1882-2019". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 97. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 2. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (September 6, 1990). "Holy Cross Unanimous Choice for Patriot Title". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (September 9, 1990). "Lafayette Outpoints KU 32-16". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Berlet, Bruce (September 23, 1990). "Yale Survives Scare, 18-17". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. C8, C11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (September 30, 1990). "Lafayette Defense Tough in the Clutch". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (October 7, 1990). "Lafayette Hangs on to Outscore Columbia 41-34". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (October 14, 1990). "Lafayette 'Horrible' in 38-16 Defeat". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (October 21, 1990). "Army Trounces Lafayette 56-0". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (October 28, 1990). "Holy Cross Too Much for Lafayette". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (November 4, 1990). "Leopards Crush Fordham 59-14". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Goodwin, Norton Lead Colgate over Lafayette". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. Associated Press. November 12, 1990. pp. C9, C15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (November 18, 1990). "Lehigh's Torain Writes Perfect Ending to Career; Engineers Dominate Trenches as Leopards Show Youth". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.