Lafayette Leopards NCAA Football News

It has been a special few days for Lehigh University linebacker and Central Catholic graduate Matt Cohen.

A 32-yard pass from Rob Curley to Mark Layton on a third-and-10 play late in the third quarter Saturday put the football on the Lehigh 18-yard line.

Frank Tavani admitted Sunday that ''our pride has a little dent in it this morning,'' but having said that, he was on to a much more positive platform.

Of all the big throws Rob Curley made in his Lafayette College career, his final attempt will always be the one he wishes he had back.

Lehigh senior linebacker Matt Cohen crowd surfs after the Mountain Hawks beat Lafayette 27-21 in overtime.

Fans at the 2008 Lafayette-Lehigh football game. Lehigh University junior quarterback JB Clark found freshman wide receiver James Flynn on a 2-yard touchdown pass with 28 seconds left before halftime to tie the game with Lafayette College 7-7 at the break.

My colleague, Keith Groller, has been reminding us constantly of just how close Lehigh's football team has been to having a flip-flopped 2009 record.

From ''The Breakout'' of wide receiver Mark Layton at Georgetown to ''The Second-Chance Kick'' against Penn, ''The Drive'' against Columbia, ''The First'' at Yale, ''The Sweep'' at Harvard, or ''The Seven-Times-Six'' against Colgate, the 2009 football season has provided a scrapbook loaded with happy moments for No.

They own more quarterback sacks -- 37 -- than any unit in the country and yet the Lehigh defense doesn't seem to have a slick nickname like ''The Sack Exchange,'' ''Steel Curtain'' or ''Fearsome Foursome.'' Considering the quiet nature of captains Matt Cohen and B.J. Benning, maybe ''The South Mountain Silencers'' fits best.

Lawrence Phillips may have every Father's Day, birthday or Christmas card he's ever received proudly displayed in his upper Lafayette apartment.

University of Wisconsin senior tight end Garrett Graham, a Brick Memorial High School graduate, has accepted an invitation to play in the 85th East-West Shrine Game at 2 p.m. on Jan.

Johns Hopkins placekicker Alex Lachman set a school record for points at his position with 16 in yesterday's 51-13 win over Franklin & Marshall in Baltimore.

Lafayette scored touchdowns on a 45-yard pass to a tight end and a 50-yard pass to a fullback , but in looking back at the Leopards' incredibly entertaining 56-49 victory over Colgate on Saturday, some little things stick out.

It might be difficult to buy into the theory that, in a football game that featured a record-setting explosion that included seven touchdown passes for Lafayette's Rob Curley, five rushing TDs for Colgate's Nate Eachus, 105 points and 1,033 yards of offense, the final result might have come down to three plays of defense.

Since being installed as the starting quarterback at the University of Maine early in the season Warren Smith, a graduate of Lacey High School, has become a potent offensive force.

Three Patriot League Football student-athletes received ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District honors on Thursday, as selected by CoSIDA .

Coach Frank Tavani was not himself at Tuesday's weekly Lafayette football media luncheon.

Courtland Marriner rushed for three touchdowns and William & Mary beat Rhode Island 39-14 on Saturday.

Lafayette wide receiver Michael Bolton scores a third-quarter touchdown for the Leopards.

It was a first half dominated by defense at Fisher Stadium as the Lafayette College football team is locked in a 7-7 tie against Bucknell in a Patriot League game.