1990 Lafayette Leopards football team American college football season
The 1990 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season . The Leopards finished second-to-last in the newly renamed Patriot League .
In their tenth year under head coach Bill Russo , the Leopards compiled a 4–7 record.[ 1] Art Bittel and Tom Costello were the team captains.[ 2]
The Leopards were outscored 318 to 223. Their 1–4 conference record placed fifth in the six-team Patriot League standings.[ 3] This was the first year of competition under the Patriot League banner; the league had been known as the Colonial League since 1986.[ 4]
Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania .
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 8 Kutztown *
W 32–16 4,239 [ 5]
September 15 Bucknell
L 14–24 [ 1]
September 22 at Yale *
L 17–18 6,458 [ 6]
September 29 Penn *
W 20–13 8,214 [ 7]
October 6 at Columbia *
W 41–34 4,075 [ 8]
October 13 Cornell *
L 16–38 9,852 [ 9]
October 20 at Army *
L 0–56 38,947 [ 10]
October 27 at No. 13 Holy Cross
L 3–34 8,247 [ 11]
November 3 at Fordham
W 59–14 3,894 [ 12]
November 10 at Colgate
L 7–36 1,025 [ 13]
November 17 Lehigh
L 14–35 17,651 [ 14]
References
^ a b "Lafayette Football 1963-1990". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF) . Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College . p. 104. Retrieved June 20, 2020 .
^ "Team Captains 1882-2019". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF) . Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College . p. 97. Retrieved June 20, 2020 .
^ "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF) . Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League . 2020. p. 2. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
^ Meixell, Ted (September 6, 1990). "Holy Cross Unanimous Choice for Patriot Title" . The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Meixell, Ted (September 9, 1990). "Lafayette Outpoints KU 32-16" . The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Berlet, Bruce (September 23, 1990). "Yale Survives Scare, 18-17" . The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. C8, C11 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Meixell, Ted (September 30, 1990). "Lafayette Defense Tough in the Clutch" . The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Meixell, Ted (October 7, 1990). "Lafayette Hangs on to Outscore Columbia 41-34" . The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Meixell, Ted (October 14, 1990). "Lafayette 'Horrible' in 38-16 Defeat" . The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Meixell, Ted (October 21, 1990). "Army Trounces Lafayette 56-0" . The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Meixell, Ted (October 28, 1990). "Holy Cross Too Much for Lafayette" . The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Meixell, Ted (November 4, 1990). "Leopards Crush Fordham 59-14" . The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Goodwin, Norton Lead Colgate over Lafayette" . The Daily Item . Sunbury, Pa. Associated Press . November 12, 1990. pp. C9, C15 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Meixell, Ted (November 18, 1990). "Lehigh's Torain Writes Perfect Ending to Career; Engineers Dominate Trenches as Leopards Show Youth" . The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com .
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