Category: Lafayette Leopards
Lafayette springs forward
When you watch Lafayette College's 2012 football highlight film, you come away with one puzzling question: How did this team lose six games?
The Leopards had four rushing plays of more than 50 yards, five pass plays of 40 yards or better, pass interc… more »
Lafayette, Lehigh coaches discuss how scholarships changed the recruiting process
Patriot League football coaches visit recruits armed with two major selling points: a chance to play college football and an opportunity to receive a great education.
Now, league coaches and their assistants are able to draw on another weapon from th… more »
Colgate breaks record in win over Leopards
When someone mentioned Colgate's 755 yards of offense being a Patriot League record, Lafayette coach Frank Tavani said, "I heard somebody say it's a world record. I don't know; it might be."
And before leaving the press box at Andy Kerr Stadium on Sa… more »
Tavani is defending Lafayette's young O-line
Five players on the Lafayette football team have been maligned at times this season — not necessarily individually, but collectively— for the ineffectiveness of the Lafayette offense. But head coach Frank Tavani said Thursday, "I wouldn't want to be fac… more »
Lafayette has a clear path - if a rugged one - to Patriot League Title
There's no surprise about two of them -- Lehigh and Colgate. The 8-0 Mountain Hawks last lost a league game in the Truman Administration, so it seems, and the Raiders (4-3), behind the 'McAttack' of quarterback Gavin McCarney and running back Jordan McC… more »
Scheuerman excited about second season at Lafayette
Former Allentown High School running back Ross Scheuerman believes he is better prepared this summer than he was a year ago at Lafayette College when he quickly gained national recognition after breaking into the Leopards’ starting lineup as a freshman.… more »
Lafayette's Hayes wants to go out a winner
Leopards receiver and other seniors have not beaten Lehigh
Kyle Hayes doesn't need a game film. The moment is etched in his mind and he can bring it back at will.
Lafayette quarterback Rob Curley is kneeling on the Goodman Stadium turf, his head i… more »
Lafayette's Greg Kessel shows there's still a role for fullbacks in college football
The fullback may be going out of style in college football, with the game's increasing emphasis on showy passing games, 37 or so receivers split to the right and one-back sets.
But there's no danger of the fullback disappearing from Lafayette College… more »
Lafayette's Ross Scheuerman making the most of his opportunities
Lafayette College barely registered on Ross Scheuerman's radar as a football destination during his recruitment at Allentown (N.J.) High School.
"I had heard very little about Lafayette and it definitely wasn't one of my top schools before (Leopard a… more »
Lafayette's Simmons coming off career-best performance
Kyle Simmons admitted on Tuesday that he was sometimes "a little bit more cautious" in live practice sessions, stopping short of colliding with an oncoming teammate — not out of a fear of getting hurt, but knowing that, in the past, most of his injuries… more »
Lafayette's Scheuerman could be next in long string of impressive Leopard running backs
In its recent history Lafayette College's football program has spawned a plethora of superb running backs.
Tom Costello, Jonathan Hurt, Erik Marsh, Joe McCourt, Leonard Moore -- all 1,000-yard rushers, five of the top six all-time running backs by ya… more »
Lafayette's Kyvory Henderson engineers a fine football career
Most times a college recruits the football player.
In Kyvory Henderson's case it was other way around.
"I wanted to come to Lafayette mainly for the engineering program and the academics," Henderson said.
And Henderson, a Glen Burnie, Md. r… more »
Patriot football teams set to dive into the Ivy
Teams to renew rivalries with Ivy League
Non-scholarship leagues square off seven times on Saturday
Although plenty of people following Patriot League football these days wish the league would award scholarships and aspire to be more like the Colo… more »
Lafayette staring into an abyss of disaster after heartbreaking loss at Georgetown
Lafayette College's football team needs to find an answer. Now.
Saturday's horrifying 14-13 loss to Georgetown leaves the Leopards
staring at another lost season after 2010's 2-9 debacle.
By virtually anybody's standards, the Hoyas represented th… more »
Hapless Lafayette finds another way to lose
Apparently, Lafayette didn't use up all the ways to lose a game a year ago, because it found another one Saturday night.
With the Leopards down by a point and driving to within field goal range with less than two minutes to go, freshman Ross Scheuerm… more »