The 2020 Lafayette Leopards football team represented
Lafayette College
Lafayette College is a private liberal arts college in Easton, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter and other citizens in Easton, the college first held classes in 1832. The founders voted to name the college after General Laf ...
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
Fisher Stadium is a 13,132-seat multi-purpose stadium in Easton, Pennsylvania. The stadium is home to the Lafayette College Lafayette Leopards football, Leopards football team. It opened in 1926 as Fisher Field.
During 2006 and 2007, Fisher Field ...
. They competed as a member of the
Patriot League
The Patriot League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising private institutions of higher education and two United States service academies based in the Northeastern United States. Outside the Ivy League, it is among the most selective gr ...
.
On July 13, 2020, the Patriot League announced that it would cancel its fall sports seasons due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. The league announced a spring schedule on February 5, with the first games set to be played on March 13.
Previous season
The Leopards finished the
2019 season 4–8, 4–2 in Patriot League play to finish in second place.
Schedule
Lafayette had games scheduled against
Sacred Heart
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(September 5),
Navy
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(September 12),
Penn (September 26), and
Harvard
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(October 17), which were all later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.
References
Lafayette
Lafayette or La Fayette may refer to:
People
* Lafayette (name), a list of people with the surname Lafayette or La Fayette or the given name Lafayette
* House of La Fayette, a French noble family
** Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757â ...
Lafayette Leopards football seasons
Lafayette Leopards football
The Lafayette Leopards football program represents Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania in college football. One of the oldest college football programs in the United States, Lafayette currently plays in the Patriot League at the NCAA Di ...
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