2006 Lafayette Leopards football team
American college football season
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The 2006 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College as member of the Patriot League during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Frank Tavani, the Leopards compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, sharing the Patriot League title with Lehigh. Lafayette advanced to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Leopards lost in the first round to UMass. Lafayette played home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.
- Frank Tavani (7th season)
| 2006 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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Patriot League co-champion | |
NCAA Division I First Round, L 14–35 at UMass | |
| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 6–6 (5–1 Patriot) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Mike Faragalli (7th season) |
| Offensive scheme | Multiple |
| Defensive coordinator | John Loose (7th season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Fisher Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh + | 5 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 3 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate | 3 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 1 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 0 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Before the first home game of 2006, Lafayette renovated the football team's longtime home stadium, Fisher Field. All games were broadcast on the Lafayette Sports Network (LSN).
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 2 | 2:00 p.m. | at Sacred Heart* | LSN | W 21–14 | 1,411 | [1] | ||
| September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | at Bucknell | No. 25 | LSN | W 31–0 | 6,273 | [2] | |
| September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Penn* | No. 22 | LSN | L 11–21 | 9,251 | [3] | |
| September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | at Princeton* | LSN | L 14–26 | 8,291 | |||
| September 30 | 1:00 p.m. | Yale* |
| LSN | L 34–37 | 4,389 | [4] | |
| October 14 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 15 Harvard* | LSN | L 7–24 | 10,807 | [5] | ||
| October 21 | 1:00 p.m. | Holy Cross |
| LSN | L 28–38 | 7,893 | [6] | |
| October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | at Colgate | LSN | W 27–10 | 2,010 | [7] | ||
| November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | at Fordham | LSN | W 31–24 | 3,231 | [8] | ||
| November 11 | 1:00 p.m. | Georgetown |
| LSN | W 27–26 | 4,942 | [9] | |
| November 19 | 1:00 p.m. | Lehigh |
| LSN | W 49–27 | 15,207 | [10] | |
| November 25 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 3 UMass* | LSN | L 14–35 | 5,388 | [11] | ||
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