Patriot League to Cancel Fall Sports

The barrage of bad news continues for college sports fans. According to Jon Rothstein, the Patriot League will follow in the Ivy League by canceling fall sports.

Sources: The Patriot League will not have fall sports in 2020.

This DOES NOT include winter sports.

Official announcement expected soon.

— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) July 13, 2020

The Patriot League confirmed the news shortly after the reports surfaced regarding the cancellation of fall sports. The Patriot League may try to move fall sports to the spring though that decision will be made at a later date.

In June, the Patriot League Council of Presidents provided guidance for a return to athletics. In turn, this caused the cancellation of several non-conference games between FCS and FBS teams.

An additional 35 games have now been canceled due to the Patriot League’s decision. The 35 games are listed below and do not include previous cancellations from other leagues such as the Ivy League or Fordham’s first three games.

The additional 35 cancellations bring the total to 148 involving FCS teams.

Date	Road Team	Home Team
9/3	Holy Cross	Merrimack
9/4	Bucknell	Army
9/5	Georgetown	Marist
9/5	Lehigh	Villanova
9/12	Colgate	William & Mary
9/12	Dayton	Georgetown
9/12	Lehigh	Holy Cross
9/12	Villanova	Bucknell
9/19	William & Mary	Lafayette
9/26	Fordham	Monmouth
9/26	Long Island U.	Lehigh
9/26	New Hampshire	Colgate
10/3	Lafayette	Fordham
10/3	Georgetown	Colgate
10/10	Fordham	Wagner
10/10	Colgate	Lehigh
10/10	Lafayette	Bucknell
10/17	Fordham	Bucknell
10/17	Holy Cross	Georgetown
10/24	Bucknell	Georgetown
10/24	Holy Cross	Colgate
10/24	Lehigh	St. Francis
10/31	Colgate	Bucknell
10/31	Fordham	Lehigh
10/31	Georgetown	Lafayette
11/7	Georgetown	Fordham
11/7	Holy Cross	Lafayette
11/7	Bucknell	Lehigh
11/14	Fordham	Holy Cross
11/14	Lafayette	Colgate
11/14	Lehigh	Georgetown
11/21	Colgate	Fordham
11/21	Georgetown	San Diego
11/21	Bucknell	Holy Cross
11/21	Lehigh	Lafayette

Photo courtesy of Holy Cross University Athletics.