Lafayette record book

The school’s records in every stat, career, season and game, and its record year by year, as Lafayette’s Wikipedia lists give them from the school’s media guide. Names lead to each player’s page where he has one.

Retired numbers

  • Fred Kirby1939–⁠1941, retired 2011

Season by season

143 seasons; 67 differ from our games on file (marked)
SeasonCoachRecordConferenceBowlAP
2024John Troxell6–⁠62–⁠4, T–4th
2023John Troxell9–⁠35–⁠1, 1st, conference championsNCAA Division FCS First Round L21
2022John Troxell4–⁠73–⁠3, 3rd
2021John Garrett3–⁠82–⁠4, 5th
2020John Garrett2–⁠12–⁠1, 2nd (South Division)
2019John Garrett4–⁠84–⁠2, 2nd
2018John Garrett3–⁠82–⁠4, T–4th
2017Patriot League3–⁠83–⁠3, T–3rd
2016Frank Tavani2–⁠91–⁠5, 6th
2015Frank Tavani1–⁠100–⁠6, 7th
2014Frank Tavani5–⁠62–⁠3, T–3rd
2013Frank Tavani5–⁠74–⁠1, 1st, conference championsNCAA Division I-AA First Round L
2012Frank Tavani5–⁠62–⁠3, T–3rd
2011Frank Tavani4–⁠71–⁠4, T–5th
2010Frank Tavani2–⁠91–⁠4, T–5th
2009Frank Tavani8–⁠34–⁠2, T–2nd24
2008Frank Tavani7–⁠43–⁠3, 4th
2007Frank Tavani7–⁠4 (ours 6–⁠4)4–⁠2, T–2nd
2006Frank Tavani6–⁠65–⁠1, T–1st, conference championsNCAA Division I-AA First Round L
2005Frank Tavani8–⁠45–⁠1, T–1st, conference championsNCAA Division I-AA First Round L21
2004Frank Tavani8–⁠45–⁠1, T–1st, conference championsNCAA Division I-AA First Round L19
2003Frank Tavani5–⁠62–⁠5, 6th
2002Frank Tavani7–⁠55–⁠2, 3rd
2001Frank Tavani2–⁠81–⁠6, 7th
2000Frank Tavani2–⁠91–⁠5, T–6th
1999Bill Russo4–⁠72–⁠4, T–5th
1998Bill Russo3–⁠83–⁠3, T–3rd
1997Bill Russo3–⁠8 (ours 0–⁠1)2–⁠4, T–4th
1996Bill Russo5–⁠5 (ours 0–⁠1)2–⁠2, 4th
1995Bill Russo4–⁠6–⁠13–⁠2, 3rd
1994Bill Russo5–⁠6 (ours 0–⁠1)5–⁠0, 1st, conference champions
1993Bill Russo5–⁠4–⁠2 (ours 0–⁠1)3–⁠1–⁠1, 2nd
1992Bill Russo8–⁠3 (ours 0–⁠1)5–⁠0, 1st, conference champions
1991Bill Russo6–⁠53–⁠2, T–2nd
1990Bill Russo4–⁠7 (ours 0–⁠1)1–⁠4, 5th
1989Bill Russo5–⁠5 (ours 0–⁠1)2–⁠2, T–2nd
1988Bill Russo8–⁠2–⁠1 (ours 0–⁠1)5–⁠0, 1st, conference champions
1987Bill Russo4–⁠7 (ours 0–⁠1)2–⁠3, 4th
1986Bill Russo6–⁠5 (ours 0–⁠1)2–⁠2, T–2nd
1985Bill Russo6–⁠5 (ours 0–⁠1)
1984Bill Russo5–⁠5
1983Bill Russo6–⁠5
1982Bill Russo7–⁠3 (ours 0–⁠1)20
1981Independent9–⁠2 (ours 1–⁠1)8
1980Neil Putnam3–⁠7 (ours 1–⁠2)
1979Neil Putnam5–⁠3–⁠2 (ours 2–⁠0–⁠1)
1978Neil Putnam4–⁠7 (ours 1–⁠3)
1977Neil Putnam5–⁠6 (ours 0–⁠4)
1976Neil Putnam5–⁠5 (ours 0–⁠4)
1975Neil Putnam5–⁠5 (ours 1–⁠3)
1974Neil Putnam3–⁠7 (ours 1–⁠4)
1973Neil Putnam6–⁠3–⁠1 (ours 1–⁠2)
1972Neil Putnam3–⁠7 (ours 0–⁠3)
1971Neil Putnam5–⁠5 (ours 3–⁠1)
1970Harry Gamble6–⁠5 (ours 1–⁠3)
1969Harry Gamble4–⁠6 (ours 1–⁠2)
1968Harry Gamble7–⁠3 (ours 2–⁠1)
1967Harry Gamble4–⁠5 (ours 0–⁠2)
1966Kenneth Bunn3–⁠6 (ours 0–⁠3)
1965Kenneth Bunn3–⁠7 (ours 2–⁠3)
1964Kenneth Bunn0–⁠7–⁠2 (ours 0–⁠3–⁠1)
1963Kenneth Bunn1–⁠8 (ours 0–⁠3)
1962James McConlogue3–⁠6 (ours 0–⁠2)
1961James McConlogue2–⁠6–⁠1 (ours 0–⁠2)
1960James McConlogue5–⁠4 (ours 0–⁠2)
1959James McConlogue5–⁠4 (ours 0–⁠2)
1958James McConlogue5–⁠3–⁠1 (ours 0–⁠2)
1957Steve Hokuf4–⁠4 (ours 0–⁠1)
1956Steve Hokuf6–⁠3 (ours 0–⁠1)
1955Steve Hokuf6–⁠2 (ours 2–⁠0)
1954Steve Hokuf4–⁠5 (ours 0–⁠1)
1953Steve Hokuf5–⁠4 (ours 0–⁠2)
1952Steve Hokuf0–⁠9 (ours 0–⁠4)
1951Maurice J. “Clipper” Smith1–⁠7 (ours 0–⁠3)
1950Maurice J. “Clipper” Smith1–⁠8 (ours 0–⁠4)
1949Maurice J. “Clipper” Smith2–⁠6 (ours 0–⁠4)
1948Ivy Williamson7–⁠2 (ours 2–⁠2)
1947Ivy Williamson6–⁠3 (ours 2–⁠2)
1946Edward Mylin2–⁠7
1945Ben Wolfson1–⁠7–⁠1
1944Ben Wolfson6–⁠1 (ours 1–⁠1)
1943Ben Wolfson4–⁠1
1942Edward Mylin3–⁠5–⁠1 (ours 1–⁠3)
1941Edward Mylin5–⁠4 (ours 0–⁠4)
1940Edward Mylin9–⁠0 (ours 2–⁠0)19
1939Edward Mylin4–⁠5 (ours 0–⁠3)
1938Edward Mylin5–⁠3 (ours 2–⁠2)
1937Edward Mylin8–⁠0 (ours 2–⁠0)
1936Ernie Nevers1–⁠8 (ours 0–⁠3)
1935Herb McCracken2–⁠7 (ours 0–⁠3)
1934Herb McCracken2–⁠6 (ours 0–⁠3)
1933Herb McCracken3–⁠5–⁠1
1932Herb McCracken3–⁠5
1931Herb McCracken7–⁠2 (ours 2–⁠2)
1930Herb McCracken5–⁠3–⁠1 (ours 0–⁠3–⁠1)
1929Herb McCracken3–⁠5 (ours 0–⁠2)
1928Herb McCracken6–⁠1–⁠2 (ours 1–⁠1–⁠1)
1927Herb McCracken5–⁠3–⁠1
1926Herb McCracken9–⁠0 (ours 2–⁠0), national champions
1925Herb McCracken7–⁠1–⁠1 (ours 1–⁠1–⁠1)
1924Herb McCracken7–⁠2 (ours 2–⁠1)
1923Jock Sutherland6–⁠1–⁠2
1922Jock Sutherland7–⁠2
1921Jock Sutherland9–⁠0, national champions
1920Jock Sutherland5–⁠3
1919Jock Sutherland6–⁠2
1918Lewis A. Cobbett3–⁠4
1917Punk Berryman3–⁠5
1916Wilmer G. Crowell2–⁠6–⁠1
1915Wilmer G. Crowell8–⁠3
1914Wilmer G. Crowell5–⁠3–⁠2
1913George McCaa4–⁠5–⁠1
1912George McCaa4–⁠5–⁠1
1911Bob Folwell / Samuel B. Newton8–⁠2
1910Bob Folwell7–⁠2
1909Bob Folwell7–⁠0–⁠1
1908George Barclay6–⁠2–⁠2
1907Alfred E. Bull7–⁠2–⁠1
1906Alfred E. Bull8–⁠1–⁠1
1905Alfred E. Bull7–⁠2–⁠1
1904Alfred E. Bull8–⁠2
1903Alfred E. Bull7–⁠3
1902Dave Fultz8–⁠3
1901Samuel B. Newton9–⁠3
1900Samuel B. Newton9–⁠2
1899Samuel B. Newton12–⁠1
1898Samuel B. Newton3–⁠8
1897Parke H. Davis9–⁠2–⁠1
1896Parke H. Davis11–⁠0–⁠1
1895Parke H. Davis6–⁠2
1894Hugh Janeway & H. H. Vincent5–⁠6
1893Pearl T. Haskell & H. H. Vincent3–⁠6 (ours 2–⁠6)
1892Wallace Moyle5–⁠7
1891Wallace Moyle2–⁠9–⁠1
1890No coach2–⁠5–⁠1
1889No coach3–⁠4–⁠2
1888No coach6–⁠3
1887No coach7–⁠2
1886No coach10–⁠2, national champions
1885No coach3–⁠2–⁠1 (ours 2–⁠2–⁠2)
1884No coach2–⁠5
1883No coach2–⁠4
1882No coach0–⁠2

From Wikipedia’s record book and season list for the program (CC BY-SA), which cite the school’s media guide. Browse every program’s in the data.