2017 Lafayette Leopards football team
American college football season
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The 2017 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College as member of the Patriot League during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach John Garrett, the Leopards compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third in the Patriot League. Lafayette played home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.
- John Garrett (1st season)
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| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 3–8 (3–3 Patriot) |
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| Home stadium | Fisher Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate + | 5 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 3 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 3 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 2 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
The 2017 schedule consisted of five home and six away games. The Leopards hosted Patriot League foes Sacred Heart, Fordham, Bucknell, and Colgate, and traveled to Holy Cross, Georgetown, and Lehigh for the 153rd meeting of The Rivalry. Lafayette's non-conference opponents were Monmouth of the Big South Conference, Villanova of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Princeton and Harvard of the Ivy League.[1]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 2 | 3:00 p.m. | at Monmouth* | ESPN3 | L 12–31 | 3,898 | |
| September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | Sacred Heart | Stadium, WBPH-TV | L 24–38 | 4,923 | |
| September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Villanova* | ESPN3, WBPH-TV | L 0–59 | 9,671 | |
| September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | Princeton* |
| Stadium, WBPH-TV | L 17–38 | 7,239 |
| September 30 | 1:05 p.m. | at Holy Cross | MASN, Stadium, WBPH-TV | W 10–7 | 7,764 | |
| October 7 | 3:30 p.m. | Fordham |
| Stadium, WBPH-TV | W 14–10 | 4,659 |
| October 14 | 1:00 p.m. | at Harvard* | ILN, NESN | L 10–38 | 10,025 | |
| October 21 | 3:30 p.m. | Bucknell |
| Stadium, WBPH-TV | L 7–13 OT | 5,512 |
| November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | at Georgetown | Stadium | W 7–0 | 1,750 | |
| November 11 | 12:30 p.m. | Colgate |
| Stadium, WBPH-TV | L 0–27 | 5,612 |
| November 18 | 12:30 p.m. | at Lehigh | Stadium, WBPH-TV, WFMZ | L 31–38 | 15,270 | |
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