1995 Lafayette Leopards football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| mode = football
| year = 1995
| team = Lafayette Leopards
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Patriot League
| short_conf = Patriot
| record = 4–6–1
| conf_record = 3–2
| champion =
| head_coach = Bill Russo
| hc_year = 15th
| captain = Glenn Hunzinger
| captain2 = Gavin Morrissey
| captain3 = Jarrett Shine
| stadium = Fisher Field
}}
{{1995 Patriot League football standings}}
The 1995 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lafayette finished third in the Patriot League.
In their 15th year under head coach Bill Russo, the Leopards compiled a 4–6–1 record.{{cite book |title=2019 Lafayette Football Record Book |chapter=Lafayette Football 1963-1986 |publisher=Lafayette College |location=Easton, Pa. |page=105 |accessdate=June 20, 2020 |url=https://goleopards.com/documents/2019/8/26/2019LafayetteFootballRecordBook.pdf}} Glenn Hunzinger, Gavin Morrissey and Jarrett Shine were the team captains.{{cite book |title=2019 Lafayette Football Record Book |chapter=Team Captains 1882-2019 |publisher=Lafayette College |location=Easton, Pa. |page=97 |accessdate=June 20, 2020 |url=https://goleopards.com/documents/2019/8/26/2019LafayetteFootballRecordBook.pdf}}
The Leopards were outscored 250 to 176. Lafayette's 3–2 conference record placed third in the six-team Patriot League standings.{{cite book|url=https://patriotleague.org/documents/2020/7/14/2020_PatriotFB_Record_Book.pdf|title=Patriot League Football Record Book|chapter=Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results|publisher=Patriot League|location=Center Valley, Pa.|date=2020|accessdate=August 10, 2020|page=5}}
Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1995
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = The Sports Network
| attend = y
| source = y
| September 9 | @ | Buffalo
| University at Buffalo Stadium | Amherst, NY | W 24 17
| 6,058 | {{cite news |title=Young Leopards Buffalo 1st Foe |first=Ted |last=Meixell |date=September 10, 1995 |page=C1 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59058000/1995-lafayette-buffalo/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=IAA-Summaries |date=September 10, 1995 |page=7D |newspaper=Sun-Sentinel |location=Fort Lauderdale, Fla.}}
| September 16 | @ | {{cfb link|year=1995|team=Hofstra Flying Dutchmen|title=Hofstra}}
| Hofstra Stadium | Hempstead, NY | L 0 26
| 4,372 | {{cite news |title=Lafayette Falls to Hofstra 26-0 |first=Ted |last=Meixell |date=September 17, 1995 |page=C1 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59060164/1995-lafayette-hofstra/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=I-AA Summaries |date=September 17, 1995 |page=5D |newspaper=Sun-Sentinel |location=Fort Lauderdale, Fla.}}
| September 23 | | #16 Penn
| Fisher Field | Easton, PA | L 8 28
| 7,895 | {{cite news |title=Penn Shows Gap Still Wide in a 28-8 Win Over Leopards |first=Ted |last=Meixell |date=September 24, 1995 |page=C5 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59060794/1995-lafayette-penn/ }}
| September 30 | | Columbia
| Fisher Field | Easton, PA | T 10 10
| 8,156 | {{cite news |title=Late Columbia TD Forces a 10-10 Tie with the Leopards |first=Ted |last=Meixell |date=October 1, 1995 |page=C1 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59062863/1995-columbia-lafayette/ }}
| October 7 | @ | Dartmouth
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | L 7 14
| 3,108 | {{cite news |title=Lafayette Fails to Capitalize in 14-7 Loss at Dartmouth |first=Paul |last=Robbins |date=October 8, 1995 |page=C4 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59064093/1995-dartmouth-lafayette/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Dartmouth, 14-7 |date=October 8, 1995 |page=67 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.}}
| October 14 | @ | Princeton
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | L 0 41
| 6,109 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Wallops Leopards |first=Ted |last=Meixell |date=October 15, 1995 |page=C3 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59064749/1995-lafayette-princeton/ }}
| October 21 | @ | Holy Cross
| Fitton Field | Worcester, MA | W 27 17
| 4,128 | {{cite news |title=Finally, a Win on Same Day: Lafayette Tops Holy Cross; Moore Shines |first=Bill |last=Doyle |date=October 22, 1995 |page=C1 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59066089/1995-o21-call/ }}
| October 28 | @ | Bucknell
| Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium | Lewisburg, PA | L 11 30
| 5,061 | {{cite news |title=Bucknell Puts Crimp in Self-Destructive 'Pards' Hopes |first=Ted |last=Meixell |date=October 29, 1995 |page=C3 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59067413/1995-bucknell-lafayette/ }}
| November 4 | | Colgate
| Fisher Field | Easton, PA | W 35 9
| 4,065 | {{cite news |title=Moore Carries Lafayette Past Winless Colgate 35-9 |first=Ted |last=Meixell |date=November 5, 1995 |page=C3 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59068172/1995-colgate-lafayette/ }}
| November 11 | | Fordham
| Fisher Field | Easton, PA | W 24 21
| 3,714 | {{cite news |title=Lafayette's 2 OT-Win Is 'Special' Delivered |first=Ted |last=Meixell |date=November 12, 1995 |page=C1 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59069205/1995-lafayette-fordham/ }}
| November 18 | @ | Lehigh
| Goodman Stadium | Bethlehem, PA (The Rivalry) | L 30 37
| 15,412 | {{cite news |title=Lehigh Engineers a Miracle; Comeback, Catch in OT Clinch Patriot Title |first=Ted |last=Meixell |date=November 19, 1995 |page=C1 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59069504/1995-lafayette-lehigh/ }}
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