LAFAYETTE COLLEGE FOOTBALL | 2015 Schedule GoLeopards.com • @GoLeopards • @LafColFootball • 610-330-5123 9/5 WILLIAM & MARY ...................6 p.m. LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS GAME 1 • Sept. 5, 2015 • 6 p.m. WILLIAM & MARY TRIBE 9/12 at Delaware ..............................6 p.m. Site ....................................................... Easton, Pa. 2014 Record .................................... 7-5, 4-4 2014 Record .................................... 5-6, 3-3 Venue ....................................Fisher Stadium (13,132) National Ranking ................ Receiving votes 9/19 PRINCETON ............................7 p.m. Last game ................ 11/22/14 in Bronx, N.Y. Weather ...... Cloudy, Showers, 50% chance of rain High-80, Low-59, winds SE at 6 mph. Last game .......... 11/22/14 Williamsburg, Va. 9/26 at Wagner .................................6 p.m. ......................................... Beat Lehigh, 27-7 ................................Lost to Richmond 34-20 10/3 FORDHAM*..............................6 p.m. Head coach ............................. Frank Tavani SERIES INFORMATION Series Record ................ William & Mary leads, 2-1 Head Coach....................... Jimmye Laycock 10/10 at Georgetown* ........................3:30 p.m. LC record (Years) ........................ 81-88 (16) Streak ........................................William & Mary +2 W&M Record (Years) ............ 229-170-2 (36) 10/17 HARVARD ................................3:30 p.m. Career record (Years) .......................... same Last Meeting 9/20/14 Williamsburg, Va. • WM won 33-19 First Meeting ............ 9/8/2012 in Williamsburg, Va. Career record (Years) .......................... same 10/24 at Holy Cross* ..........................1 p.m. vs. William & Mary ...................................1-2 ............................................... Lafayette won 17-14 vs. Lafayette ............................................2-1 10/31 BUCKNELL* ............................3:30 p.m. 11/7 COLGATE* ...............................1 p.m. MATCH-UP: After a month-long training camp that began in early August, the Leopards 11/21 at Lehigh (151st Meeting) ..............12:30 p.m. are ready to begin the 2015 season, hosting William & Mary on Saturday at 6 p.m. * denotes Patriot League game at Fisher Stadium. Coaching Staff Lafayette opens its 134th season against a William & Mary foe that it has Head Coach ...................................Frank Tavani OPEN UP: Record at Lafayette (seasons) .........81-88 (16th) played just three times previously. The Leopards have lost their last two openers (both Patriot League Record......................46-43 (16th) against Sacred Heart). The last win in a season-opening game came against William Career Record .............................................same Offensive Coordinator/QB/WR ..... Mickey Fein & Mary on Sept. 8, 2012. All-time, the Leopards are 85-45-3 in openers. Offensive Line ..................................Stan Clayton Running Backs ............................... Phil Hallahan THE SERIES: Saturday will mark the fourth meeting between the two schools in a Tight Ends ............................................ Scott Biel Wide Receivers ................................... Tim Brady series that began in 2012 with a 17-14 Lafayette win in Williamsburg, Va. Lafayette Defensive Coordinator/LB....................Art Link and William & Mary have played each year since, with William & Mary winning the Special Teams Coord./DB ......Doug McFadden last two meetings 34-6 and 33-19. Defensive Line ......................................... Ian Dell Defensive Line ..................................Mark Wojcik Safeties..........................................McNeil Parker 2014: Lafayette ended the 2014 season with a 5-6 overall mark, a 3-3 Patriot League Television/Internet record and a third-place finish in the conference standings. The Leopards’ signature Live Outlets..........................RCN 4/8, WBPH 60 win came in the 150th meeting with Lehigh, a 27-7 victory over their arch-rival in front ........................... ESPN3.com, GoLeopards.com of a sold-out crowd at Yankee Stadium. Play-by-Play .................................Gary Laubach Analyst ............................................ Mike Joseph William & Mary finished the season with a 7-5 overall mark and the Tribe spent much Sideline .............................................John Leone of the season in the Top 25, peaking at No. 10 in week six of the season. W&M ended Live Stats .................................GoLeopards.com with a 4-4 league mark in the CAA, tied for fifth in the final standings. Three of the Radio Tribe’s five losses came to Top 25 teams, including two to top-10 ranked opponents. Heritage Sports Radio Network ............ SiriusXM Announcers .................. Gary Lang, Mike Wakler RETURNING D: The Leopards return eight starters on defense with tackles Matt WJRH ..........................104.9 FM • www.wjrh.org Announcers ....Robby McKittrick, Matt Carpenter Rothrock and Steve Mercado coming back to the fold. Senior Mark Dodd and Chris Brockman come back at linebacker while seniors Matt Smalley (CB) and Quick Facts Jared Roberts (SS) return along with junior Draeland James (FS) and sophomore Location ........................................................ Easton, Pa. Phillip Parham (CB). Founded ..................................................................1826 Enrollment ..............................................................2,400 Nickname..........................................................Leopards ON THIS DATE: A lot of things have taken place on College Hill since the school’s Colors ..................................Maroon (PMS 202) & White Affiliation ........................NCAA Division I (FCS Football) founding in 1826, but none of them have been varsity football games. Lafayette has Conference .............................................. Patriot League played at least one game on every other day in September. Stadium ...........................Fisher Field at Fisher Stadium Stadium Surface / Capacity .................FieldTurf / 13,132 President ....................................................Alison Byerly THE CAPTAINS: Seniors Mark Dodd and Bobby DePietro have been selected Director of Athletics........................... Bruce McCutcheon First Year of Football................................................1882 as the team captains for the 2015 season. Dodd, a Preseason All-Patriot League All-Time Record ............................................ 669-578-39 selection, enters his second season as a starting linebacker after leading the team Offensive Starters R/L ................................................5/6 in tackles in 2014. DePietro, a tight end, played in eight games in 2014, making three Defensive Starters R/L ...............................................8/3 Special Teams R/L ......................................................3/0 starts while being used primarily as a blocker and pass protector. Letterwinners R/L ...................................................41/17 Athletic Communications THE HEAD COACH: Frank Tavani is in his 16th Director of Athletic Communications & Promotions season as head coach and 29th on the Lafayette • Scott Morse ([email protected]) coaching staff. Since taking over the head coaching • Phone: 610-330-5122 (w), 610-217-6445 (c) reins in Dec. 1999, Tavani has accumulated the Sports Information Director - Football SID second most coaching wins in Lafayette history • Phil LaBella ([email protected]) and owns four Patriot League titles. • Phone: 610-330-5123 (w), 610-217-3291 (c) It is his third season in the endowed coaching Assistant SID position of Fred M. Kirby II ’42 Head Football • Brian Ludrof ([email protected]) Coach established the summer of 2013 by the • Phone: 610-330-5003 (w), (610) 844-3893 (c) F.M. Kirby Foundation. The 2014 season was highlighted by the Athletic Communications Assistant • Erik Pedersen ([email protected]) 150th meeting of College Football’s Most Played • Phone: 610-330-5518 (w), 443-758-5285 (c) Rivalry on Nov. 22 at Yankee Stadium. Leading up to the game, the Leopards were hit with the Digital Media & Marketing Manager loss of their top two quarterbacks (Drew Reed • Brooke Eveler ([email protected]) • Phone: 610-330-5897 (w), 717-887-6272 (c) and Blake Searfoss) to season-ending injuries. The game plan changed, but the team’s focus Athletic Communications Office did not wane. The Leopards dominated their • Penny Nace – Secretary rivals 27-7 in front of a crowd of nearly 50,000. • 610-330-5122 (p) Ross Scheuerman ’15 entertained the national Fisher Stadium Press Box: (610) 330-5454 Lafayette program to glory. television audience with a school-record 304 As an undergraduate at Lebanon Valley, Tavani Interviews rushing yards. was an outstanding running back, earning the Tavani showed his coaching acumen in 2013, team’s MVP honors twice in his career. As a Weekly Media Luncheons: Head coach guiding a team picked fourth in the Patriot senior, he became the school’s first player to rush Frank Tavani and members of the team League Preseason Poll to a championship (TE Bobby DePietro and LB Mark Dodd on for more than 1,000 yards in a single season. Sept. 1) will speak with the media at noon each season, despite a 1-5 start to the campaign. An Associated Press All-American as a senior, Tuesday. Media members are invited to join In his time as the head man, Tavani has he was inducted