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March 27, 2003
EASTON, Pa. (www.lafayette.edu) - The Lafayette football program begins its 2003 spring practice schedule Saturday, March 29 at the College's Metzgar Athletic Campus. Saturday's morning session is the first of 14 practices leading up to the annual Maroon-White spring game at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 26 at Fisher Field.
"We're looking forward to having the type of depth needed to run a solid spring practice," said Frank Tavani, who heads into his fourth season as Lafayette's head coach this fall. "We're hoping to get a good look a players that haven't had much of an opportunity to showcase their skills to this point, particularly at the quarterback position."
Lafayette returns 18 starters and three All-Patriot League performers in left tackle Kevin Moss (New York, N.Y./Simsbury) and the quarterback-receiver tandem of Marko Glavic (Pickering, Ontario/St. Mary Catholic) and John Weyrauch (Mountain Top, Pa./Crestwood).
Lafayette recorded the second-best turnaround among NCAA Division I-AA programs this past season. After finishing with a 2-8 overall record in 2001 and being picked seventh in the Patriot League's preseason poll, the Leopards improved by five victories to go 7-5 overall and 5-2 in the Patriot League for a third-place finish. Lafayette's only two league losses were to co-champions Colgate and Fordham, each by a margin of just one touchdown.
For the third straight year, Lafayette led the Patriot League in Verizon District II Academic All-Americans with five honorees. That raises the program's total to 31 Academic All-Americans in the past seven seasons and 16 in three seasons under Tavani.
2003 LAFAYETTE SPRING FOOTBALL PRACTICE SCHEDULESaturday, March 29 - 9:30-11:30 a.m.Monday, March 31 - 4:30-6:30 p.m.Tuesday, April 1 - 4:30-6:30 p.m.Thursday, April 3 - 4:30-6:30 p.m.Friday, April 4 - 4:30-6:30 p.m.Monday, April 7 - 4:30-6:30 p.m.Wednesday, April 9 - 4:30-6:30 p.m.Friday, April 11 - 4:30-6:30 p.m.Monday, April 14 - 4:30-6:30 p.m.Wednesday, April 16 - 4:30-6:30 p.m.Friday, April 18 - 4:30-6:30 p.m.Monday, April 21 - 4:30-6:30 p.m.Wednesday, April 23 - 4:30-6:30 p.m.Thursday, April 24 - 4:30-6:30 p.m.Saturday, April 26 - 1 p.m. (Spring Game - Fisher Field)
