2017 Lafayette Leopards football team

2017 Patriot League football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; ^ – FCS playoff participant;

2017 Lafayette Leopards football
2017 Lafayette Leopards football
Conference	Patriot League
2017 record	3–8 (3–3 Patriot)
Head coach	John Garrett (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Mickey Fein
Defensive coordinator	Art Link (4th season)
Home stadium	Fisher Stadium; (Capacity: 13,132)
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Leopards were led by first-year head coach John Garrett and played their home games at Fisher Stadium. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 3–8, 3–3 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.

Schedule[]

The 2017 schedule consists of five home and six away games. The Leopards will host Patriot League foes Sacred Heart, Fordham, Bucknell, and Colgate, and will travel to Holy Cross, Georgetown, and Lehigh for the 153rd meeting of The Rivalry.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	3:00 p.m.	at Monmouth*	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	L 12–31	3,898
September 9	6:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	STADIUM WBPH-TV	L 24–38	4,923
September 16	6:00 p.m.	at No. 7 Villanova*	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	ESPN3 WBPH-TV	L 0–59	9,671
September 23	6:00 p.m.	Princeton*	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	STADIUM WBPH-TV	L 17–38	7,239
September 30	1:05 p.m.	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	MASN STADIUM WBPH-TV	W 10–7	7,764
October 7	3:30 p.m.	Fordham	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	STADIUM WBPH-TV	W 14–10	4,659
October 14	1:00 p.m.	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ILN NESN	L 10–38	10,025
October 21	3:30 p.m.	Bucknell	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	STADIUM WBPH-TV	L 7–13 ^OT	5,512
November 4	2:00 p.m.	at Georgetown	Cooper Field Washington, DC	STADIUM	W 7–0	1,750
November 11	12:30 p.m.	Colgate	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	STADIUM WBPH-TV	L 0–27	5,612
November 18	12:30 p.m.	at Lehigh	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA (The Rivalry)	STADIUM WBPH-TV WFMZ	L 31–38	15,270
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "Lafayette Football Official Schedule". Lafayette Athletics. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

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2017 Patriot League football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
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

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant