2017 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 2017 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Leopards were led by first-year head coach John Garrett and played their home games at Fisher Field. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 3–8, 3–3 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.
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| Conference | Patriot League |
| 2017 record | 3–8 (3–3 Patriot) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Mickey Fein |
| Defensive coordinator | Art Link (4th season) |
| Home stadium | Fisher Field (Capacity: 13,132) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate + | 5 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 3 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 3 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 2 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
The 2017 schedule consists of five home and six away games. The Leopards will host Patriot League foes Sacred Heart, Fordham, Bucknell, and Colgate, and will travel to Holy Cross, Georgetown, and Lehigh for the 153rd meeting of The Rivalry.
In 2017, Lafayette's non-conference opponents will be Monmouth of the Big South Conference, Villanova of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Princeton and Harvard of the Ivy League.[1]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 2 | 3:00 p.m. | at Monmouth* | ESPN3 | L 12–31 | 3,898 | |
| September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | Sacred Heart | STADIUM WBPH-TV | L 24–38 | 4,923 | |
| September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Villanova* | ESPN3 WBPH-TV | L 0–59 | 9,671 | |
| September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | Princeton* |
| STADIUM WBPH-TV | L 17–38 | 7,239 |
| September 30 | 1:05 p.m. | at Holy Cross | MASN STADIUM WBPH-TV | W 10–7 | 7,764 | |
| October 7 | 3:30 p.m. | Fordham |
| STADIUM WBPH-TV | W 14–10 | 4,659 |
| October 14 | 1:00 p.m. | at Harvard* | ILN NESN | L 10–38 | 10,025 | |
| October 21 | 3:30 p.m. | Bucknell |
| STADIUM WBPH-TV | L 7–13 OT | 5,512 |
| November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | at Georgetown | STADIUM | W 7–0 | 1,750 | |
| November 11 | 12:30 p.m. | Colgate |
| STADIUM WBPH-TV | L 0–27 | 5,612 |
| November 18 | 12:30 p.m. | at Lehigh |
| STADIUM WBPH-TV WFMZ | L 31–38 | 15,270 |
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