The Match-Up: Lafayette has won three straight coming into Saturday's Senior Day matchup versus Colgate which has won three of its last four games. Kick off is set for 12:40 p.m. on Military Appreciation Day.

Patriot League Path: With two conference contests remaining, Lafayette controls its Patriot League destiny. Lafayette and Holy Cross are tied for first place in the standings with 3-1 marks while Lehigh (3-2) and Bucknell (2-2) are in third and fourth places, respectively.
    A Lafayette win coupled with a Holy Cross loss to Fordham would guarantee Lafayette at least a share of the Patriot League regular-season title.

Streaking: Lafayette's three-game winning streak is the first of that length since the start of the 2012. The last time Lafayette won three or four straight conference games was 2009. 

Thrice is Nice: The Leopards claimed three of the four Patriot League weekly awards as freshman QB Keegan Shoemaker was named the Offensive Player and Rookie of the Week while junior PK Jeffrey Kordenbrock was tabbed as the Special Teams Player of the Week. 
    Shoemaker has been the Patriot League Rookie of the week four times and the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week on three occasions. All told, Lafayette has secured the Patriot League Rookie of the Week award six times this season with LB Marco Olivas and DL Damon Washington also winning.

Rice Award Watch List: Keegan Shoemaker has been named to the STATS FCS Jerry Rice Award Watch List. The award, named after the Hall of Fame wide receiver, has been presented to the top FCS freshman since 2011. Soph. DE Malik Hamm was on the watch list in 2018.  

Kordenbrock Getting His Kicks: On a day when temperatures barely broke freezing at Fitton Field, junior PK Jeffrey Kordenbrock recorded the first three field-goal game of his career. Kordenbrock hit field goals of 32, 31 and 40 yards and added two PATs to account for 11 of Lafayette's 23 points. For the season, Kordenbrock is 10-of-13 — 4-for-4 on kicks of 30-39 yards and 4-6 on kicks of 40-49 yards. 
    Fitton Field was the scene of Kordenbrock's game-winning field goal on Sept. 30, 2017 when he connected for a 43-yarder to hand Lafayette a 10-7 win.

Major Contributions: Junior Major Jordan is leading the defensive effort. The middle linebacker has a team-high 92 stops for the season and made a career-high 14 tackles vs. Bucknell, with 10 of those solo stops. In his last outing at Holy Cross, Jordan had eight tackles with three tackles for loss, including two sacks and added a fumble recovery. Jordan had 12 tackles (his previous career high) in each of the William & Mary (8/31) and Georgetown (10/19) games. Against the Hoyas, Jordan also snagged his first career interception.

Quick Strikes: Lafayette's first two scores at Holy Cross were quick strikes. Keegan Shoemaker hit Julian Spigner for a 48-yard TD on a four-play scoring drive over 1:12. The second scoring drive was even quicker (fastest of the season) as Shoemaker dialed up Julius Young for a 34-yard connection that capped a two-play drive, taking just 41 seconds.
  
The D Lately: Patriot League play has seen the Leopards' defense step up its game. Lafayette is allowing 304 yards of total offense in conference action vs. 446 yards in non-conference play. In the Leopards' first two Patriot League outings, Lafayette held Bucknell to 287 yards of total offense (124 rushing, 163 passing), just shy of the season best a week prior when the Leopards surrendered 264 yards (104 rushing, 160 passing) at Georgetown. Versus Fordham, Lafayette gave up 383 yards of total offense (68 rushing, 315 passing) while surrendering 280 (108 rushing, 172 passing) at Holy Cross.

Last Time Out: Lafayette forced five turnovers on its way to a third-straight Patriot League win, 23-20, at Holy Cross.
    Freshman QB Keegan Shoemaker continued his stellar rookie season, completing 16-of-25 for 196 yards and two touchdowns without an interception. Junior PK Jeffrey Kordenbrock converting all three of his field-goal attempts.
    Defensively, linebackers Major Jordan and Marco Olivas had eight tackles apiece, with Jordan registering three tackles for loss, including two sacks. The defense held Holy Cross to 280 yards of total offense and just 4-of-11 on third down. Malik Hamm and Ryan Barnett also claimed sacks in the win.

5 for 13: Lafayette forced five turnovers in the win at Holy Cross, the first time since Sept. 2, 2016 (at CCSU) the D achieved that feat. The five turnovers led to 13 points for the offense at Holy Cross.

Red-Zone Opportunities: Lafayette has made the most of its red-zone opportunities, turning 21-of-23 (91%) chances into points (15 touchdowns and 6 field goals). Lafayette was a season-best 5-for-5 with four touchdowns and a field goal vs. Fordham.

Freshman Passing Record: Freshman QB Keegan Shoemaker, who has thrown for 2,299 yards, holds the freshman single-season passing yardage mark at Lafayette. Shoemaker's effort ranks him ninth all-time in a season, passing Tom Kirchhoff '93 (2,248 in 1990) and Frank Novak '84 (2,257 in 1982), both of whom are Maroon Club Hall of Famers.

A Passing Fancy: Freshman QB Keegan Shoemaker has completed 62 percent of his passes, a mark that ranks him first in the Patriot League and 29th in the nation. He is first in the conference (33rd in NCAA) in completions per game (18.8), passing yards (2,299), passing yards per game (229.9) and total offense (258.4) and is second in passing efficiency (131.5).