2006 Lafayette Leopards football team

The 2006 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by Frank Tavani, in his seventh season as head coach. The Leopards were co-champions of the Patriot League.

2006 Lafayette Leopards football
Patriot League co-champion
ConferencePatriot League
2006 record6–6 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Faragalli (7th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJohn Loose (7th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumFisher Stadium
(Capacity: 13,750)
2006 Patriot League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Lafayette +^  5 –1     6 –6  
Lehigh +  5 –1     6 –5  
Holy Cross  4 –2     7 –4  
Bucknell  3 –3     6 –5  
Colgate  3 –3     4 –7  
Fordham  1 –5     3 –8  
Georgetown  0 –6     2 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Before the first home game of 2006, Lafayette renovated the football team's longtime home stadium, Fisher Field. The Leopards played their home games at the renamed Fisher Field at Fisher Stadium in Easton, Pennsylvania. All games were broadcast on the Lafayette Sports Network (LSN).

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 22:00 p.m.at Sacred Heart*
LSNW 21–141,411[1][2]
September 96:00 p.m.at BucknellNo. 25
LSNW 31–06,273[3][4]
September 161:00 p.m.Penn*No. 22
LSNL 11–219,251[5][6]
September 236:00 p.m.at Princeton*
LSNL 14–268,291[7]
September 301:00 p.m.Yale*
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
LSNL 34–374,389[8][9]
October 1412:00 p.m.at No. 15 Harvard*
LSNL 7–2410,807[10][11]
October 211:00 p.m.Holy Cross
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
LSNL 28–387,893[12][13]
October 281:00 p.m.at Colgate
LSNW 27–102,010[14][15]
November 41:00 p.m.at Fordham
LSNW 31–243,231[16][17]
November 111:00 p.m.Georgetown
  • Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
LSNW 27–264,942[18][19]
November 191:00 p.m.Lehigh
LSNW 49–2715,207[20][21]
November 2612:00 p.m.at No. 3 UMass*
LSNL 14–355,388[22][23]

References
  1. "Lafayette at Sacred Heart".
  2. Bostrom, Don (September 3, 2006). "Lafayette Rallies Past Sacred Heart 25-14". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "College Football Scoreboard: State". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. September 3, 2006. p. E10.
  3. "Lafayette at Bucknell".
  4. Housenick, Tom (September 10, 2006). "Bison Dismal in Loss". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Lafayette vs. Penn".
  6. Parrillo, Ray (September 17, 2006). "Sophomore QB Leads Quakers Over Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D18 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Lafayette at Princeton".
  8. "Lafayette vs. Yale".
  9. Hine, Tommy (October 1, 2006). "Difference-Makers: Polhemus, McLeod Have Big Days". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E7, E15 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Lafayette at Harvard".
  11. Larson, Craig (October 15, 2006). "Harvard Tackles Assignment". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D15 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Lafayette vs. Holy Cross".
  13. Courogen, Chris (October 22, 2006). "A Point Is Made by HC". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C18 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Lafayette at Colgate".
  15. Muder, Craig (October 29, 2006). "Colgate's Struggles Continue with Loss". Observer-Dispatch. Utica, N.Y. p. 3D – via NewsBank.
  16. "Lafayette at Fordham".
  17. Bostrom, Don (November 5, 2006). "Lafayette Holds Off Fordham, 31-24". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Lafayette 31, Fordham 24". The Journal News. White Plains, N.Y. November 5, 2006. p. 15C.
  18. "Lafayette vs. Georgetown".
  19. Blake, Corky (November 12, 2006). "Leopards Thinking Title After Latest Win". The Express-Times. Easton, Pa. p. C1 – via NewsBank.
  20. "Lafayette vs. Lehigh".
  21. Groller, Keith (November 19, 2006). "Lafayette Turns Up the Hurt: Leopards Earn Trip to Playoffs with Rout of Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. "Lafayette at Massachusetts".
  23. Dobrow, Marty (November 25, 2006). "UMass Is Spot-On Against Leopards". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D15 – via Newspapers.com.
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