The 2000 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Leopards tied for last in the Patriot League.
| 2000 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 2–9 (1–5 Patriot) |
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| Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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| No. 8 Lehigh $^ | 6 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Towson | 3 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 2 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 1 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 1 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their first year under head coach Frank Tavani, the Leopards compiled a 2–9 record.[1] Mike Levy and Phil Yarberough were the team captains.[2]
The Leopards were outscored 350 to 244. Their 1–5 conference record tied for worst 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 9 | Towson | L 42–20 | 5,229 | [4] | |||
| September 16 | Princeton* |
| W 24–17 | 8,013 | [5] | ||
| September 23 | at Penn* | L 45–28 | 5,427 | [6] | |||
| September 30 | Harvard* |
| L 42–19 | 4,728 | [7] | ||
| October 7 | at Columbia* | L 47–22 | 2,739 | [8] | |||
| October 14 | at Bucknell | L 42–30 | [1] | ||||
| October 21 | Holy Cross
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| W 28–13 | 6,723 | [9] | ||
| October 28 | at Colgate | L 17–14 | 5,290 | [10] | |||
| November 4 | at Fordham | L 31–28 | 3,138 | [11] | |||
| November 11 | at Duquesne* | L 23–14 | 4,703 | [12] | |||
| November 18 | No. 8 Lehigh |
| L 31–17 | 12,586 | [13] | ||
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References
edit- ^ a b "Lafayette Football 1963-2000". 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. 7. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Hickling, Dan (September 10, 2000). "Towson Pulls Away for 42-20 Rout of Lafayette". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 12D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (September 17, 2000). "The Glavic Era Begins, as 'Pards Top Princeton". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (September 24, 2000). "Lafayette Loses, Makes Decisions". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (October 1, 2000). "Harvard Drubs Lafayette, 42-19". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Crimson Ride Rose to a Romp on Road". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 1, 2000. p. D18.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (October 8, 2000). "'Pards' Tavani Still Chasing No. 2". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 8, 2000. p. C19.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (October 22, 2000). "Motivated Lafayette Downs Holy Cross, 28-13". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Colgate 17, Lafayette 14". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. October 29, 2000. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (November 5, 2000). "Leopards Lose Magic and Game to Fordham, 31-28". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C2 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Fordham 31, Lafayette 28". The Journal News. White Plains, N.Y. November 5, 2000. p. 9C.
- ^ Axelrod, Phil (November 12, 2000). "Un-Patriotic: Duquesne Disposes of Patriot League Foe Lafayette, 23-14". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pa. p. D-8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Larimer, Terry (November 19, 2000). "Patient Lehigh Pounces on Leopards". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.