2023 Lafayette Leopards football team

2023 Lafayette Leopards football
2023 Lafayette Leopards football
Patriot League co-champion
NCAA Division I First Round, L 34–36 at Delaware
Conference	Patriot League
Ranking
STATS	No. 21
FCS Coaches	No. 19
Record	9–3 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach	John Troxell (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	T. J. Dimuzio (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Saint Germain (2nd season)
Home stadium	Fisher Stadium
	Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

2023 Patriot League football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 21 Lafayette +^	5	–	1	9	–	3
Holy Cross +	5	–	1	7	–	4
Colgate	4	–	2	6	–	5
Georgetown	3	–	3	5	–	6
Fordham	2	–	4	6	–	5
Lehigh	1	–	5	2	–	9
Bucknell	1	–	5	4	–	7

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2023 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College as a member of the Patriot League during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Leopards were led by second-year head coach John Troxell and played their home games at Fisher Stadium located in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	at Sacred Heart*		Campus Field Fairfield, CT	NEC Front Row	W 19–14	5,634
September 9	6:00 p.m.	at No. 21 (FBS) Duke*		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCNX/ESPN+	L 7–42	17,481
September 16	12:30 p.m.	Columbia*		Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	ESPN+	W 24–3	4,523
September 23	3:30 p.m.	Monmouth*		Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	ESPN+	W 28–20	1,497
September 30	3:30 p.m.	Bucknell		Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	ESPN+	W 56–22	4,283
October 7	1:00 p.m.	at Princeton*		Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	W 12–9	4,059
October 21	1:00 p.m.	at No. 15 Holy Cross		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	ESPN+	W 38–35	10017
October 28	12:30 p.m.	at Georgetown	No. 21	Cooper Field Washington, DC	ESPN+	W 35–25	2,739
November 4	12:30 p.m.	Colgate	No. 20	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	ESPN+	L 34–37 ^OT	4,418
November 11	12:30 p.m.	Fordham	No. 25	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	ESPN+	W 24–16	4,256
November 18	12:00 p.m.	at Lehigh	No. 24	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	ESPN+	W 49–21	14,453
November 25	2:00 p.m.	at No. 11 Delaware*	No. 20	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN+	L 34–36	4,039
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "2023 Lafayette Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
^ "2023 Football Schedule". Lafayette College Athletics. Retrieved April 3, 2023.