1990_Lafayette_Leopards_football_team

1990 Lafayette Leopards football team

1990 Lafayette Leopards football team

American college football season

The 1990 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Leopards finished second-to-last in the newly renamed Patriot League.

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In their tenth year under head coach Bill Russo, the Leopards compiled a 4–7 record.[1] Art Bittel and Tom Costello were the team captains.[2]

The Leopards were outscored 318 to 223. Their 1–4 conference record placed fifth in the six-team Patriot League standings.[3] This was the first year of competition under the Patriot League banner; the league had been known as the Colonial League since 1986.[4]

Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.

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    "Lafayette Football 1963-1990". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 104. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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    "Team Captains 1882-2019". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 97. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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    "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 2. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
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    Meixell, Ted (September 6, 1990). "Holy Cross Unanimous Choice for Patriot Title". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Meixell, Ted (September 9, 1990). "Lafayette Outpoints KU 32-16". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Berlet, Bruce (September 23, 1990). "Yale Survives Scare, 18-17". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. C8, C11 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Meixell, Ted (September 30, 1990). "Lafayette Defense Tough in the Clutch". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Meixell, Ted (October 7, 1990). "Lafayette Hangs on to Outscore Columbia 41-34". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Meixell, Ted (October 14, 1990). "Lafayette 'Horrible' in 38-16 Defeat". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Meixell, Ted (October 21, 1990). "Army Trounces Lafayette 56-0". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Meixell, Ted (October 28, 1990). "Holy Cross Too Much for Lafayette". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Meixell, Ted (November 4, 1990). "Leopards Crush Fordham 59-14". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Goodwin, Norton Lead Colgate over Lafayette". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. Associated Press. November 12, 1990. pp. C9, C15 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Meixell, Ted (November 18, 1990). "Lehigh's Torain Writes Perfect Ending to Career; Engineers Dominate Trenches as Leopards Show Youth". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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