The 1999 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lafayette tied for second-to-last in the Patriot League.
| 1999 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 4–7 (2–4 Patriot) |
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| Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Lehigh +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Colgate +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Towson | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 3 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their 19th and final year under head coach Bill Russo, the Leopards compiled a 4–7 record.[1] John Fistner, Jim Goff and Chad Williamson were the team captains.[2]
The Leopards were outscored 271 to 207. Lafayette's 2–4 conference tied for fifth place in the seven-team Patriot League standings.[3]
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 11 | at Towson | L 7–35 | 2,481 | [4] | |||
| September 18 | at Holy Cross | L 12–30 | 4,170 | [5] | |||
| September 25 | at Brown* | L 28–35 | 5,448 | [6] | |||
| October 2 | Dartmouth* |
| W 20–10 | 7,821 | [7] | ||
| October 9 | Colgate |
| L 14–56 | 2,931 | [8] | ||
| October 16 | at Princeton* | L 10–22 | 14,805 | [9] | |||
| October 23 | Bucknell |
| W 22–21 | 5,123 | [10] | ||
| October 30 | Marist* |
| W 38–13 | 2,325 | [11] | ||
| November 6 | Fordham | W 27–7 | 2,893 | [12] | |||
| November 13 | Duquesne* |
| L 17–28 | 2,207 | [13] | ||
| November 20 | at No. 14 Lehigh | L 12–14 | 16,000 | [14] | |||
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References
edit- ^ "Lafayette Football 1987-2006". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 105. 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. 7. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (September 12, 1999). "Lafayette Picked Apart by Towson". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Toland, Jennifer (September 19, 1999). "Crusaders Intercept Patriot League Win; Aloisi Helps Holy Cross Past Lafayette". Telegram & Gazette. Worcester, Mass. p. D9.
- ^ "Lafayette Improves, but Not Enough to Beat Brown". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. September 26, 1999. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 26, 1999. p. D19.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (October 3, 1999). "Lafayette's 1st Win Gives Russo No. 100". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (October 10, 1999). "Colgate Pastes Lafayette". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Struggling Players Help Lift Princeton". Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. Associated Press. October 17, 1999. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (October 24, 1999). "Lafayette Rallies to Clip Bucknell". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (October 31, 1999). "Armstrong Tuma Lift Lafayette Past Marist". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bostrom, Don (November 7, 1999). "Special Teams Spark Lafayette to 27-7 Win Over Fordham". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Others". Tampa Bay Times. St. Petersburg, Fla. November 7, 1999. p. 16C.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (November 14, 1999). "Lafayette Loses Script and Game to Duquesne, 28-17". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (November 21, 1999). "Lehigh Edges Lafayette 14-12". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Others". Tampa Bay Times. St. Petersburg, Fla. November 21, 1999. p. 18C.