1997 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferencePatriot League
Record3–8 (2–4 Patriot)
Head coach
Captains
  • Dan Bengele
  • Craig Hansen
  • Todd Stahlnecker
Home stadiumFisher Field
Seasons
← 1996
1998 →
1997 Patriot League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Colgate $^   6 – 0     7 – 5  
No. 24 Bucknell   5 – 1     10 – 1  
Fordham   4 – 2     5 – 6  
Holy Cross   2 – 4     4 – 7  
Lehigh   2 – 4     4 – 7  
Lafayette   2 – 4     3 – 8  
Towson   0 – 6     2 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1997 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lafayette finished tied for second-to-last in the Patriot League.

In their 17th year under head coach Bill Russo, the Leopards compiled a 3–8 record.[1] Dan Bengele, Craig Hansen and Todd Stahlnecker were the team captains.[2]

The Leopards were outscored 314 to 236. Lafayette's 2–4 conference record placed it in a three-way tie for fourth in the seven-team Patriot League standings.[3]

Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6 Fordham
L 0–23 4,103 [4]
September 13 at Army*
L 14–41 31,363 [5]
September 20 Bucknell
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
L 21–23 7,428 [6]
September 27 at Brown*
L 27–35 3,172 [7]
October 4 Columbia*
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 31–3 3,822 [8]
October 11 Colgate
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
L 6–44 3,098 [9]
October 18 at Cornell*
L 34–41 OT 4,812 [10]
October 25 Towsondagger
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 38–0 5,159 [11]
November 1 New Haven*
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
L 0–38 731 [12]
November 15 at Holy Cross
W 34–23 1,105 [13]
November 22 at Lehigh
L 31–43 14,393 [14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "Lafayette Football 1987-2006". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 105. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Team Captains 1882-2019". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 97. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 6. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  4. ^ Meixell, Ted (September 7, 1997). "Lafayette Lays an Egg in Loss to Fordham". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Gross, Andrew (September 14, 1997). "Army Outclasses I-AA Lafayette". Rockland Journal-News. White Plains, N.Y. p. 11D – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Meixell, Ted (September 21, 1997). "Lafayette's Loss to Bucknell 79 Seconds Too Long". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Perry Paces Brown's Rebound to Beat Lafayette". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. September 28, 1997. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 28, 1997. p. E19.
  8. ^ Meixell, Ted (October 5, 1997). "Lafayette Puts It into Higher Gear to End Slide". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Meixell, Ted (October 12, 1997). "Colgate's 41-Point First Half Buries Leopards". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ McShea, Keith (October 20, 1997). "Win Has Red Smiling Again". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Meixell, Ted (October 26, 1997). "Lafayette Shuts Out Towson". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Meixell, Ted (November 2, 1997). "Kosciolek Engineers New Haven's Romp Over Leopards". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Burgin, Sandy (November 16, 1997). "Moore Than Enough: Lafayette Ace Pummels HC". Telegram & Gazette. Worcester, Mass. p. D1.
  14. ^ Blockus, Gary R. (November 23, 1997). "Lehigh Engineers Great Comeback". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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