Lafayette Leopards
PatriotEaston, PAFisher Field
2026: 2–4 (1–2 Patriot). Last: won at Bucknell 20–7. Next: at Fordham, Saturday, Oct 24, 1 p.m. ET.
- L 7–56at UConn
- W 13–9Marist
- L 34–40at Columbia
- L 30–38Holy Cross
- L 31–40Richmond
- W 20–7at Bucknell
- Oct 24at Fordham
- Oct 31Villanova
- Nov 7at William & Mary
- Nov 14at Colgate
- Nov 21Lehigh
Lafayette has played football since 1882 and is officially 714–650–39; 867 of its 1,403 games are in our file. Lafayette claims three national championships (1896, 1921, 1926). Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 19, in 1940. They have won seven Patriot League titles (the last in 2023) and one Colonial Conference title, counting shared titles. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 4 players and 3 coaches from Lafayette. Alfred E. Bull (1903–1907) won more games here than any other coach: 37. The most-played rival is Lehigh: 161 meetings, Lafayette leads 82–74–5. This season, they’re 2–4.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 714–650–39 official; 411–427–29 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–1 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 2 ranked
- Elo now
- 1290
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 86 · Composite No. 100 in FCS, Oct 17; up 7 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 8 last in 2023
- Seasons
- 135 since 1882, 867 games
Identity
- Fight song
- On, Lafayette!
2026 season 2–4
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | at UConn | L 7–56 | 19% |
| Sep 12 | vs Marist | W 13–9 | 70% |
| Sep 19 | at Columbia | L 34–40 | 53% |
| Sep 26 | vs Holy Cross | L 30–38 | 69% |
| Oct 3 | vs Richmond | L 31–40 | 45% |
| Oct 17 | at Bucknell | W 20–7 | 54% |
| Oct 24 | at Fordham | Preview | 59% |
| Oct 31 | vs Villanova | Preview | 43% |
| Nov 7 | at William & Mary | Preview | 47% |
| Nov 14 | at Colgate | Preview | 40% |
| Nov 21 | vs Lehigh | Preview | 30% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
On the 2026 team
- Jakyre Henley508 rushing yards, 5 TD (leads Lafayette in rushing yards)
- Mason Kuehner33 catches, 465 yards, 3 TD (leads Lafayette in receiving yards)
- Beckham Dee44 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT (leads Lafayette in tackles)
- Daniel Lipovski780 passing yards, 6 TD (leads Lafayette in passing yards)
- Dhonte Jackson44 tackles, 1 INT
- Darrick LeBeouf36 tackles, 1 INT
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Lafayette.
- Frank SchwabHall of Fame, 1958
Charlie BerryHall of Fame, 1980- Charles RinehartHall of Fame, 1964
- George WilsonHall of Fame, 1988
- Walter E. BachmanConsensus All-American, 1900–01
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1882
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Clipper Smith | 1949–1950 | 0–8 |
 Ivy Williamson | 1947–1948 | 4–4 |
| Edward Mylin | 1938–1946 | 6–12 |
| Ernie Nevers | 1936 | 0–3 |
| Herb McCracken | 1924–1935 | 19–29–5 |
 Jock Sutherland | 1919–1923 | 33–8–2 |
| Lewis A. Cobbett | 1918 | 3–4 |
| Punk Berryman | 1917 | 3–5 |
| Wilmer G. Crowell | 1914–1916 | 15–12–3 |
| George McCaa | 1912–1913 | 8–10–2 |
| Bob Folwell | 1909–1911 | 19–2–1 |
 Samuel Newton | 1898–1911 | 36–16 |
| George Barclay | 1908 | 6–2–2 |
| Alfred E. Bull | 1903–1907 | 37–10–3 |
| Dave Fultz | 1902 | 8–3 |
 Parke Davis | 1895–1897 | 26–4–2 |
| Hugh Janeway | 1894 | 5–6 |
| Pearl T. Haskell, H.H. Vincent | 1893 | 2–6 |
| Wallace Moyle | 1891–1892 | 7–16–1 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Lehigh
82–74–5 ‡ in 161
- 2016 L 21–45
- 2017 L 31–38
- 2018 L 3–34
- 2019 W 17–16
- 2020 W 20–13
- 2021 L 10–17
- 2022 W 14–11
- 2023 W 49–21
- 2024 L 14–38
- 2025 L 32–42
Lost the last two.
Next: Nov 21
- Pennsylvania
21–55–4 in 80
- 2007 W 8–7
- 2008 W 24–17
- 2009 W 20–17
- 2010 L 14–19
- 2011 W 37–12
- 2012 W 28–21
- 2013 L 21–27
- 2019 L 24–28
- 2021 W 24–14
- 2022 L 0–12
Lost the last one.
- Rutgers
16–35–1 in 52
- 1966 L 28–32
- 1967 L 3–27
- 1968 L 7–37
- 1969 L 22–44
- 1970 L 16–41
- 1971 W 13–7
- 1972 L 7–21
- 1973 L 6–35
- 1974 L 0–35
- 1975 L 6–48
Lost the last four.
| Opponent | Games | LAF record |
|---|---|---|
| Lehigh | 161 | 82–74–5 ‡ |
| Pennsylvania | 80 | 21–55–4 |
| Rutgers | 52 | 16–35–1 |
| Colgate | 49 | 11–35–3 |
| Princeton | 45 | 3–39–3 |
| Bucknell | 43 | 28–12–3 |
| Columbia | 28 | 16–11–1 |
| Fordham | 28 | 17–10–1 |
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.
Rivals the program names: Lehigh, Bucknell.
Every opponent (96)
Every program Lafayette has played, A to Z, with Lafayette’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Air Force 0–1
- Albright 5–0
- App State 0–1
- Army 1–19
- Army Ambulance Corps 1–0
- Atlantic City NAS 0–1
- Bloomsburg 6–0
- Boston College 1–0
- Bowling Green 0–1
- Brown 3–5
- Bucknell 28–12–3
- Buffalo 0–1
- Carlisle 0–1
- Catholic 1–0
- Central Connecticut 2–0
- Colgate 11–35–3
- Columbia 16–11–1
- Columbia A.C. 2–0
- Cornell 5–9–1
- Dartmouth 1–3
- Davidson 1–2
- Dayton 1–0
- Delaware 3–5
- Dickinson 21–2
- Duke 0–1
- Fordham 17–10–1
- Franklin & Marshall 5–1
- Gallaudet 3–0
- Garden City 0–1
- George Washington 1–1
- Georgetown 14–11
- Gettysburg 6–1
- Hamilton 1–0
- Harvard 1–15
- Haverford 4–0
- Hobart 1–0
- Holy Cross 10–13
- Homestead A.C. 0–1
- Jefferson Medical 1–0
- Lebanon Valley 2–0
- Lehigh 82–74–5 ‡
- Lewisburg A.C. 1–0
- Liberty 1–1
- Manhattan 4–0
- Marist 7–0
- Massachusetts 0–1
- Medico-Chirurgical 3–0
- Merchant Marine 0–1
- Monmouth 2–3
- Muhlenberg 11–3–1
- Navy 4–8
- New Hampshire 0–2
- New York University 5–6
- Newark A.C. 2–0
- North Carolina 1–0
- North Dakota State 0–1
- Orange A.C. 4–1
- Oregon State 0–1
- Penn State 5–10–1
- Pennsylvania 21–55–4
- Philadelphia A.C. 0–1
- Pittsburgh 5–3
- Princeton 3–39–3
- Richmond 4–1
- Robert Morris 1–1
- Rutgers 16–35–1
- Sacred Heart 4–5
- Schuylkill 1–0
- Springfield 1–0
- St. John’s (Maryland) 1–0
- St. Joseph’s (Pennsylvania) 1–0
- Stevens 5–4
- Stonehill 2–0
- Stony Brook 1–1
- Stroudsburg 2–0
- Superba A.C. 1–0
- Susquehanna 5–0
- Swarthmore 12–4
- Syracuse 3–6–1
- Temperance A.C. 3–0
- Temple 0–3
- Towson 0–1
- Trinity (CT) 2–0
- UAlbany 0–1
- UConn 0–1
- Ursinus 15–1–1
- Villanova 4–2
- Virginia 1–2–1
- Volunteer A.C. 1–0
- Wagner 2–0
- Washington & Jefferson 6–8–2
- Wesleyan (CT) 2–1
- West Virginia 3–1–1
- William & Mary 1–6
- Wyoming Seminary 8–0
- Yale 3–5
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.
Conference titles
8, counting shared titles- Colonial Conference 1
- 1988
As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1882–1985
- Colonial Conference 1986–1989
- Patriot Conference since 1990
Lafayette’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
Consensus All-Americans 4
| 1922 | Frank Schwab OG |
| 1921 | Frank Schwab OG |
| 1901 | Walter E. Bachman C |
| 1900 | Walter E. Bachman C |
Led the nation 1
| 1940 | James Farrell yards per carry (7.2) |
The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 4
- Coaches
- 3
| 1988 | George Wilson RB |
| 1980 | Charlie Berry E |
| 1974 | Edward Mylin coach here, 1938–1946 |
| 1973 | Herb McCracken coach here, 1924–1935 |
| 1964 | Charles Rinehart OG |
| 1958 | Frank Schwab OG |
| 1951 | Jock Sutherland coach here, 1919–1923 |
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 1 since 1987
- First-round picks
- 0
The school
Lafayette College- Enrollment
- 2,775 2,775 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Easton, Pennsylvania
- Public or private
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1826
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $91,410 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
On the newsreel
- DON'T STAND THERE, BRING THE IODINE
- MICHIGAN STATE BLASTS PURDUE
- BOILER-MAKERS HAMMER NOTRE DAME
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Season by season
National championsShaded: national title seasons, No. 1 in the final AP poll or claimed by Lafayette (3 claimed).
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1290 | ||||
| 2025 | 8–4 | 6–1 | 1367 | ||||
| 2024 | 6–6 | 2–4 | 1270 | ||||
| 2023 | 9–3 | 5–1 | 1378 | ||||
| 2022 | 4–7 | 3–3 | 1183 | ||||
| 2021 | 3–8 | 2–4 | 1179 | ||||
| 2020 | 2–1 | 1209 | |||||
| 2019 | 4–8 | 4–2 | 1140 | ||||
| 2018 | 3–8 | 2–4 | 1105 | ||||
| 2017 | 3–8 | 3–3 | 1134 | ||||
| 2016 | 2–9 | 1–5 | 1121 | ||||
| 2015 | 1–10 | 0–6 | 1113 | ||||
| 2014 | 5–6 | 3–3 | 1297 | ||||
| 2013 | 5–7 | 5–1 | 1320 | ||||
| 2012 | 5–6 | 2–4 | 1228 | ||||
| 2011 | 4–7 | 2–4 | 1248 | ||||
| 2010 | 2–9 | 1–5 | 1239 | ||||
| 2009 | 8–3 | 4–2 | 1438 | ||||
| 2008 | 7–4 | 3–3 | 1377 | ||||
| 2007 | 6–4 | 3–2 | 1360 | ||||
| 2006 | 6–6 | 5–1 | 1376 | ||||
| 2005 | 8–4 | 5–1 | 1408 | ||||
| 2004 | 8–4 | 5–1 | 1384 | ||||
| 2003 | 5–6 | 2–5 | 1311 | ||||
| 1997 | 0–1 | 1269 |
Every season back to 1882 (110 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0–1 | 1268 | |||||
| 1994 | 0–1 | 1260 | |||||
| 1993 | 0–1 | 1265 | |||||
| 1992 | 0–1 | 1272 | |||||
| 1990 | 0–1 | 1267 | |||||
| 1989 | 0–1 | 1276 | |||||
| 1988 | 0–1 | 1275 | |||||
| 1987 | 0–1 | 1271 | |||||
| 1986 | 0–1 | 1273 | |||||
| 1985 | 0–1 | 1270 | |||||
| 1982 | 0–1 | 1278 | |||||
| 1981 | 1–1 | 1283 | |||||
| 1980 | 1–2 | 1241 | |||||
| 1979 | 2–0–1 | 1229 | |||||
| 1978 | 1–3 | 1117 | |||||
| 1977 | 0–4 | 1106 | |||||
| 1976 | 0–4 | 1125 | |||||
| 1975 | 1–3 | 1148 | |||||
| 1974 | 1–4 | 1151 | |||||
| 1973 | 1–2 | 1131 | |||||
| 1972 | 0–3 | 1142 | |||||
| 1971 | 3–1 | 1214 | |||||
| 1970 | 1–3 | 1194 | |||||
| 1969 | 1–2 | 1187 | |||||
| 1968 | 2–1 | 1176 | |||||
| 1967 | 0–2 | 1072 | |||||
| 1966 | 0–3 | 1079 | |||||
| 1965 | 2–3 | 1081 | |||||
| 1964 | 0–3–1 | 1036 | |||||
| 1963 | 0–3 | 1052 | |||||
| 1962 | 0–2 | 1086 | |||||
| 1961 | 0–2 | 1088 | |||||
| 1960 | 0–2 | 1093 | |||||
| 1959 | 0–2 | 1100 | |||||
| 1958 | 0–2 | 1112 | |||||
| 1957 | 0–1 | 1127 | |||||
| 1956 | 0–1 | 1163 | |||||
| 1955 | 2–0 | 1201 | |||||
| 1954 | 0–1 | 1139 | |||||
| 1953 | 0–2 | 1170 | |||||
| 1952 | 0–4 | 1213 | |||||
| 1951 | 0–3 | 1334 | |||||
| 1950 | 0–4 | Clipper Smith | 1335 | ||||
| 1949 | 0–4 | Clipper Smith | 1340 | ||||
| 1948 | 2–2 | Ivy Williamson | 1371 | ||||
| 1947 | 2–2 | Ivy Williamson | 1255 | ||||
| 1946 | 2–7 | Edward Mylin | 1073 | ||||
| 1945 | 1–7–1 | 1131 | |||||
| 1944 | 1–1 | 1277 | |||||
| 1942 | 1–3 | 1297 | |||||
| 1941 | 0–4 | 1385 | |||||
| 1940 | 2–0 | 19 | Edward Mylin | 1470 | |||
| 1939 | 0–3 | Edward Mylin | 1372 | ||||
| 1938 | 2–2 | Edward Mylin | 1359 | ||||
| 1937 | 2–0 | 1467 | |||||
| 1936 | 0–3 | Ernie Nevers | 1350 | ||||
| 1935 | 0–3 | Herb McCracken | 1350 | ||||
| 1934 | 0–3 | Herb McCracken | 1366 | ||||
| 1933 | 3–5–1 | Herb McCracken | 1400 | ||||
| 1932 | 3–5 | Herb McCracken | 1432 | ||||
| 1931 | 2–2 | Herb McCracken | 1481 | ||||
| 1930 | 0–3–1 | Herb McCracken | 1421 | ||||
| 1929 | 0–2 | Herb McCracken | 1457 | ||||
| 1928 | 1–1–1 | Herb McCracken | 1485 | ||||
| 1927 | 5–3–1 | Herb McCracken | 1527 | ||||
| 1926 | 2–0 | Herb McCracken | 1611 | ||||
| 1925 | 1–1–1 | Herb McCracken | 1595 | ||||
| 1924 | 2–1 | Herb McCracken | 1611 | ||||
| 1923 | 6–1–2 | Jock Sutherland | 1616 | ||||
| 1922 | 7–2 | Jock Sutherland | 1652 | ||||
| 1921 | 9–0 | Jock Sutherland | 1641 | ||||
| 1920 | 5–3 | Jock Sutherland | 1496 | ||||
| 1919 | 6–2 | Jock Sutherland | 1437 | ||||
| 1918 | 3–4 | Lewis A. Cobbett | 1261 | ||||
| 1917 | 3–5 | Punk Berryman | 1287 | ||||
| 1916 | 2–6–1 | Wilmer G. Crowell | 1356 | ||||
| 1915 | 8–3 | Wilmer G. Crowell | 1500 | ||||
| 1914 | 5–3–2 | Wilmer G. Crowell | 1424 | ||||
| 1913 | 4–5–1 | George McCaa | 1407 | ||||
| 1912 | 4–5–1 | George McCaa | 1420 | ||||
| 1911 | 8–2 | Bob Folwell, Samuel Newton | 1568 | ||||
| 1910 | 7–2 | Bob Folwell | 1590 | ||||
| 1909 | 7–0–1 | Bob Folwell | 1619 | ||||
| 1908 | 6–2–2 | George Barclay | 1537 | ||||
| 1907 | 7–2–1 | Alfred E. Bull | 1588 | ||||
| 1906 | 8–1–1 | Alfred E. Bull | 1595 | ||||
| 1905 | 7–2–1 | Alfred E. Bull | 1553 | ||||
| 1904 | 8–2 | Alfred E. Bull | 1516 | ||||
| 1903 | 7–3 | Alfred E. Bull | 1472 | ||||
| 1902 | 8–3 | Dave Fultz | 1528 | ||||
| 1901 | 9–3 | Samuel Newton | 1520 | ||||
| 1900 | 9–2 | Samuel Newton | 1612 | ||||
| 1899 | 12–1 | Samuel Newton | 1600 | ||||
| 1898 | 3–8 | Samuel Newton | 1402 | ||||
| 1897 | 9–2–1 | Parke Davis | 1618 | ||||
| 1896 | 11–0–1 | Parke Davis | 1656 | ||||
| 1895 | 6–2 | Parke Davis | 1516 | ||||
| 1894 | 5–6 | Hugh Janeway | 1423 | ||||
| 1893 | 2–6 | Pearl T. Haskell, H.H. Vincent | 1320 | ||||
| 1892 | 5–7 | Wallace Moyle | 1379 | ||||
| 1891 | 2–9–1 | Wallace Moyle | 1333 | ||||
| 1890 | 2–5–1 | 1370 | |||||
| 1889 | 3–4–2 | 1456 | |||||
| 1888 | 6–3 | 1489 | |||||
| 1887 | 7–2 | 1533 | |||||
| 1886 | 10–2 | 1476 | |||||
| 1885 | 2–2–2 | 1359 | |||||
| 1884 | 2–5 | 1320 | |||||
| 1883 | 2–4 | 1423 | |||||
| 1882few games on file | 0–2 | 1471 |
Officially 714–650–39 since 1882 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 411–427–29 (867 of its 1,403 games are on file). Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1943, 1983–84, 1991, 1995, 1998–2002: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.