2023 Lafayette Leopards football team

American college football season

2023 Lafayette Leopards football

Patriot League co-champion
NCAA Division I First Round, L 34–36 at Delaware
Conference	Patriot League
Ranking
STATS	No. 21
FCS Coaches	No. 19
Record	9–3 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach	John Troxell (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	T. J. Dimuzio (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Saint Germain (2nd season)
Home stadium	Fisher Stadium
Seasons← 2022 2024 →

2023 Patriot League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 21 Lafayette +^	5	–	1	9	–	3
Holy Cross +	5	–	1	7	–	4
Colgate	4	–	2	6	–	5
Georgetown	3	–	3	5	–	6
Fordham	2	–	4	6	–	5
Lehigh	1	–	5	2	–	9
Bucknell	1	–	5	4	–	7

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2023 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College as a member of the Patriot League during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Leopards were led by second-year head coach John Troxell and played their home games at Fisher Stadium located in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	at Sacred Heart*		Campus Field Fairfield, CT	NEC Front Row	W 19–14	5,634
September 9	6:00 p.m.	at No. 21 (FBS) Duke*		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCNX/ESPN+	L 7–42	17,481
September 16	12:30 p.m.	Columbia*		Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	ESPN+	W 24–3	4,523
September 23	3:30 p.m.	Monmouth*		Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	ESPN+	W 28–20	1,497
September 30	3:30 p.m.	Bucknell		Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	ESPN+	W 56–22	4,283
October 7	1:00 p.m.	at Princeton*		Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	W 12–9	4,059
October 21	1:00 p.m.	at No. 15 Holy Cross		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	ESPN+	W 38–35	10017
October 28	12:30 p.m.	at Georgetown	No. 21	Cooper Field Washington, DC	ESPN+	W 35–25	2,739
November 4	12:30 p.m.	Colgate	No. 20	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	ESPN+	L 34–37	4,418
November 11	12:30 p.m.	Fordham	No. 25	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	ESPN+	W 24–16	4,256
November 18	12:00 p.m.	at Lehigh	No. 24	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	ESPN+	W 49–21	14,453
November 25	2:00 p.m.	at No. 11 Delaware*	No. 20	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN+	L 34–36	4,039
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

"2023 Lafayette Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
"2023 Football Schedule". Lafayette College Athletics. Retrieved April 3, 2023.

v t e Lafayette Leopards football
Venues	The Quad (1882–1893) March Field (1894–1925) Fisher Stadium (1926–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Lehigh: The Rivalry
Culture & lore	The Leopard "On, Lafayette!" Leopard Pride 1949 Sun Bowl controversy
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Patriot League football champions
Holy Cross (1986) Holy Cross (1987) Lafayette (1988) Holy Cross (1989) Holy Cross (1990) Holy Cross (1991) Lafayette (1992) Lehigh (1993) Lafayette (1994) Lehigh (1995) Bucknell (1996) Colgate (1997) Lehigh (1998) Colgate & Lehigh (1999) Lehigh (2000) Lehigh (2001) Colgate & Fordham (2002) Colgate (2003) Lafayette & Lehigh (2004) Colgate & Lafayette (2005) Lafayette & Lehigh (2006) Fordham (2007) Colgate (2008) Holy Cross (2009) Lehigh (2010) Lehigh (2011) Colgate (2012) Lafayette (2013) Fordham (2014) Colgate (2015) Lehigh (2016) Colgate & Lehigh (2017) Colgate (2018) Holy Cross (2019) Holy Cross (2020) Holy Cross (2021) Holy Cross (2022) Holy Cross & Lafayette (2023) Holy Cross & Lehigh (2024)

Patriot League football champions