The 2016 Lafayette Leopards football team represented

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as member of the

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during the

2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season The 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The NCAA Division ...

. Led by Frank Tavani in his 17th and final season as head coach, the Leopards compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, placing sixth in the Patriot League. Lafayette played home games at Fisher Field in

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. Tavani was fired after the season, on November 29. His finished his tenure at Lafayette with an overall record of 84–107.

Schedule

Game summaries

At Central Connecticut

Delaware

At Princeton

Villanova

Holy Cross

At Fordham

At Army

At Bucknell

Georgetown

At Colgate

Lehigh

References

Lafayette Lafayette Leopards football seasons

Lafayette Leopards football The Lafayette Leopards football program represents Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania in college football. One of the oldest college football programs in the United States, Lafayette currently plays in the Patriot League at the NCAA Divisi ...

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