2020 Lafayette Leopards football team

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2020 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferencePatriot League
DivisionNorth Division
Record2–1 (2–1 Patriot)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorDoug McFadden (1st season)
Home stadiumFisher Field
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Patriot League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
Holy Cross $^   2 0     3 1  
Fordham   2 1     2 1  
Colgate   0 2     0 2  
South Division
Bucknell   2 1     2 2  
Lafayette   2 1     2 1  
Lehigh   0 3     0 3  
Championship: Holy Cross 33, Bucknell 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Notes: Due to COVID-19, the Patriot League suspended the fall 2020 football season.
    Georgetown opted out of the spring football season.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Leopards were led by fourth-year head coach John Garrett and played their home games at Fisher Field. They competed as a member of the Patriot League.

On July 13, 2020, the Patriot League announced that it would cancel its fall sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The league announced a spring schedule on February 5, with the first games set to be played on March 13.[2]

Schedule[edit]

Lafayette had games scheduled against Sacred Heart (September 5), Navy (September 12), Penn (September 26), and Harvard (October 17), which were all later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[3][4][5]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
March 13 3:30 p.m. Colgate ESPN+ W 24–10
March 27 4:00 p.m. at Bucknell ESPN+ L 13–38
April 10 12:30 p.m. Lehigh
ESPN+ W 20–13

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Patriot League cancels fall sports due to virus". ESPN.com. July 13, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  2. ^ Kelley, Kevin (February 5, 2021). "Patriot League releases Spring 2021 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  3. ^ Kelley, Kevin (July 3, 2020). "Lafayette College cancels 2020 football game at Navy". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  4. ^ "Lafayette Delays the Start of 2020 Fall Sports Seasons". Lafayette College Athletics. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  5. ^ West, Jenna. "Ivy League to Postpone Fall Athletics, No Date Set for Return". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "2020 Lafayette Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 17, 2020.