2000 Lafayette Leopards football team

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
ConferencePatriot League
Record2–9 (1–5 Patriot)
Head coach
Captains
  • Mike Levy
  • Phil Yarberough
Home stadiumFisher Field
2000 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
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  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

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
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9 Towson
L 42–20 5,229 [4]
September 16 Princeton*
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 24–17 8,013 [5]
September 23 at Penn*
L 45–28 5,427 [6]
September 30 Harvard*
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
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 Crossdagger
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
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]

References
  1. "Lafayette Football 1963-2000". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 104. 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. 7. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  4. Hickling, Dan (September 10, 2000). "Towson Pulls Away for 42-20 Rout of Lafayette". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 12D – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Meixell, Ted (September 17, 2000). "The Glavic Era Begins, as 'Pards Top Princeton". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Meixell, Ted (September 24, 2000). "Lafayette Loses, Makes Decisions". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Meixell, Ted (October 22, 2000). "Motivated Lafayette Downs Holy Cross, 28-13". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Colgate 17, Lafayette 14". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. October 29, 2000. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Larimer, Terry (November 19, 2000). "Patient Lehigh Pounces on Leopards". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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