Patriot Lafayette Leopards

The rest of the season

Three real tests left: Lehigh 13%, Colgate 13%, William & Mary 54%

Win out 1% · expect 0.8 of 3 more wins

Lafayette Leopards's chance to win each game left, from our model: William & Mary 54%, Colgate 13%, Lehigh 13%

Bar height is our model’s chance in each game left. Dashed line: 50%.

LeadersPassing Daniel Lipovski 791 · Rushing Jakyre Henley 599 · Receiving Mason Kuehner 550 All player stats

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Updated Wed Nov 4 · through week 9

Schedule and results

Lafayette Leopards · 2026 schedule and results3-5Balanced slateAverage opponent win rate 43% · 0 opponents played so far are in the AP top 25 now.
WkDateOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Aug 27@Georgetown7 pm ET53% to win
1Sep 5@UConnL 7-56 145Lafayette lost 7-56 at UConn. Chance to win started at 5%, low under 1%, high 5%.0-10-0Pass Lipovski 102 · Rush Gamble 28 · Rec Bierman 30
2Sep 12MaristW 13-9Lafayette won 13-9 vs Marist. Chance to win started at 89%, low 56%, high 99%.1-10-0Pass Lipovski 136 · Rush Henley 77 · Rec Kuehner 80
3Sep 19@ColumbiaL 34-40Lafayette lost 34-40 at Columbia. Chance to win started at 29%, low under 1%, high 71%.1-20-0Pass Lipovski 127 · Rush Henley 133 · Rec Kuehner 58
4Sep 26Holy CrossL 30-38Lafayette lost 30-38 vs Holy Cross. Chance to win started at 69%, low 1%, high 70%.1-30-1Pass Lipovski 306 · Rush Lipovski 21 · Rec Kuehner 152
5Oct 3RichmondL 31-40Lafayette lost 31-40 vs Richmond. Chance to win started at 41%, low 5%, high 94%.1-40-2Pass Lipovski 101 · Rush Henley 152 · Rec Kuehner 108
6Bye week
7Oct 17@BucknellW 20-7Lafayette won 20-7 at Bucknell. Chance to win started at 45%, low 38%, high 97%.2-41-2Pass Jordan 158 · Rush Henley 121 · Rec Kuehner 55
8Oct 24@FordhamW 31-17Lafayette won 31-17 at Fordham. Chance to win started at 52%, low 27%, high better than 99%.3-42-2Pass Jordan 199 · Rush Henley 67 · Rec Persing 89
9Oct 31VillanovaL 21-44Lafayette lost 21-44 vs Villanova. Chance to win started at 35%, low under 1%, high 48%.3-52-3Pass Jordan 144 · Rush Penza 40 · Rec Hosak 45
10Nov 7@William & Mary1 pm ET54% to win
11Nov 14@Colgate1 pm ET13% to win
12Nov 21Lehigh12:30 pm ET
How to read this table

Win chances are our model for Lafayette Leopards, through 8 games. This week's game comes from the playoff simulation, later games from the rating model. They are estimates and move every week.

The small line beside each score is the team's win chance through the game, drawn on one scale for every game. The small number is total plays.

Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, big plays)▼
DateOppResultYdsTOTOPEPA/playSuccess%Big plays (IsoPPP)Note
Oct 31VillanovaL 21-44———−0.21639.1%1.19Season-low EPA/play
Oct 24@FordhamW 31-17———+0.42151.1%1.35Season-high EPA/play
Oct 17@BucknellW 20-7———+0.05038.8%1.06
Oct 3RichmondL 31-40———+0.08731.9%2.18Most explosive
Sep 26Holy CrossL 30-38———−0.05636.2%1.41Best defensive stand
Sep 19@ColumbiaL 34-40———+0.08433.3%1.62One-score loss
Sep 12MaristW 13-9———−0.09433.8%1.11One-score win
Sep 5@UConnL 7-56209028:18−0.15827.8%0.90Defense's roughest night
Season average (8 games)2090.0+0.01536.5%1.35

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Recent form · last 10 games

Lafayette Leopards has won two of its last five.

4-6 over the last 10, and lost the last one.

Streak L1Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 4-6

Range of outcomes · Lafayette Leopards · 2026

Lafayette Leopards’ most common regular-season record in our model is 4-8. Most outcomes (92%) land from 3-9 to 5-7.

Regular-season wins: chance of each total, from the game chances above

3 wins 16%; 4 wins 43%; 5 wins 33%; 6 wins 7%
What a title game and a playoff run could add
Floor3-9Sub-.500 season. Playoff bid out of reach.
Base5-7Mid-table finish. Conference title a stretch.
Ceiling7-5Conference title race. Playoff bid in play.

Bars are the chance of each regular-season win total, from our model's chance in each game left, through 8 games. Paler bars are the outer 10% at each end. The closed row comes from the season-path projection, which also plays out conference title games and the FCS playoff.

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Worth watchingGames average 55 combined points, shootouts

What it is like to watch them2026 · 3-5

Game feel55shootoutscombined pts / game2nd highest-scoring of 10 in the Patriot
Heart rate1-2some dramain one-score games (3 of 8)6th most one-score games of 10 in the Patriot
Margin−8.0competitiveavg scoring margin7th best margin of 10 in the Patriot
Big plays1.35highlight reelexplosiveness (IsoPPP)1st most explosive of 10 in the Patriot
Home crowd3,937avg attendance6th biggest crowds of 10 in the Patriot

Measured from 8 games · ranks are among Patriot teams the same season

Team storyThe story of this team right now, in one line.
The weekly grind·Written June 2026

The half of The Rivalry that won the first game 56-0 and has been chasing vindication ever since.

Standard Gap82 all-time series wins vs. Lehigh (82-74-5) yet Lehigh dominated the…
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The experience

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