2006 Lafayette Leopards football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2006 Lafayette Leopards football Lafayette Leopards wordmark.png 250 Patriot League Patriot 6–6 5–1 Frank Tavani 7th Mike Faragalli 7th Multiple John Loose 7th 4–3 Fisher Stadium Patriot League co-champion NCAA Division I First Round L 14–35 at UMass The 2006 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College as member of the Patriot League during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Frank Tavani, the Leopards compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, sharing the Patriot League title with Lehigh. Lafayette advanced to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Leopards lost in the first round to UMass. Lafayette played home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania. Before the first home game of 2006, Lafayette renovated the football team's longtime home stadium, Fisher Field. All games were broadcast on the Lafayette Sports Network (LSN). Schedule 2006 NCAA Division I FCS The Sports Network Eastern September 2 2:00 p.m. w y y 2006 Sacred Heart Pioneers Sacred Heart Campus Field Fairfield, CT LSN Lafayette Sports Network 21–14 1,411 Lafayette Rallies Past Sacred Heart 25-14 Don Bostrom September 3, 2006 CC1 The Morning Call Allentown, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63068797/2006-lafayette-heart/ Attendance figure in College Football Scoreboard: State September 3, 2006 E10 Hartford Courant Hartford, Conn. September 9 6:00 p.m. w y 25 Bucknell Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA LSN 31–0 6,273 Bison Dismal in Loss Tom Housenick September 10, 2006 C1 The Daily Item Sunbury, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63069692/2006-bucknell-lafayette/ September 16 1:00 p.m. l y 22 Penn Fisher Stadium Easton, PA LSN 11–21 9,251 Sophomore QB Leads Quakers Over Lafayette Ray Parrillo September 17, 2006 D18 The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63070546/2006-lafayette-penn/ September 23 6:00 p.m. l y y Princeton Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ LSN 14–26 8,291 September 30 1:00 p.m. l y Yale Fisher Stadium Easton, PA LSN 34–37 4,389 Difference-Makers: Polhemus, McLeod Have Big Days Tommy Hine October 1, 2006 E7, E15 Hartford Courant Hartford, Conn. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63082910/2006-lafayette-yale/ October 14 12:00 p.m. l y y Harvard 15 Harvard Stadium Boston, MA LSN 7–24 10,807 Harvard Tackles Assignment Craig Larson October 15, 2006 D15 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63085866/2006-lafayette-harvard/ October 21 1:00 p.m. l y Holy Cross Fisher Stadium Easton, PA LSN 28–38 7,893 A Point Is Made by HC Chris Courogen October 22, 2006 C18 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63087739/2006-lafayette-hc/ October 28 1:00 p.m. w y Colgate Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY LSN 27–10 2,010 Colgate's Struggles Continue with Loss Craig Muder October 29, 2006 3D Observer-Dispatch Utica, N.Y. NewsBank November 4 1:00 p.m. w y Fordham Coffey Field Bronx, NY LSN 31–24 3,231 Lafayette Holds Off Fordham, 31-24 Don Bostrom November 5, 2006 CC1 The Morning Call Allentown, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63104891/2006-fordham-lafayette/ Attendance figure in Lafayette 31, Fordham 24 November 5, 2006 15C The Journal News White Plains, N.Y. November 11 1:00 p.m. w Georgetown Fisher Stadium Easton, PA LSN 27–26 4,942 Leopards Thinking Title After Latest Win Corky Blake November 12, 2006 C1 The Express-Times Easton, Pa. NewsBank November 19 1:00 p.m. w Lehigh Fisher Stadium Easton, PA The Rivalry LSN 49–27 15,207 Lafayette Turns Up the Hurt: Leopards Earn Trip to Playoffs with Rout of Lehigh Keith Groller November 19, 2006 C1 The Morning Call Allentown, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63127129/2006-lafayette-lehigh/ November 25 12:00 p.m. l y y UMass 3 McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA NCAA Division I First Round LSN 14–35 5,388 UMass Is Spot-On Against Leopards Marty Dobrow November 25, 2006 D15 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63127712/2006-lafayette-umass/ References Lafayette Category:Lafayette Leopards football seasons Category:Patriot League football champion seasons Lafayette Leopards football Lafayette