1980 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 1980 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season.
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 3–7 |
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| Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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| No. 1 Lehigh ^ | – | 9 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Delaware | – | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana | – | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Northwestern State | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland State | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Madison | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | – | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholls State | – | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | – | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their tenth year under head coach Neil Putnam, the Leopards compiled a 3–7 record.[1] Steve MacCorkle and Ed Rogulsky were the team captains.[2]
Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 13 | Central Connecticut State |
| L 3–14 | 3,500 | [3] | ||
| September 20 | Davidson |
| W 27–20 | 2,500 | [4] | ||
| September 27 | at Columbia | L 0–6 | 4,500 | [5] | |||
| October 4 | at Maine | L 3–24 | 4,100 | [6] | |||
| October 11 | at Bucknell | L 0–14 | [1] | ||||
| October 18 | Penn |
| W 3–0 | 12,000 | [7] | ||
| November 1 | at Colgate | L 0–44 | 3,500 | [8] | |||
| November 8 | at New Hampshire | L 6–26 | 7,121 | [9] | |||
| November 15 | Merchant Marine |
| W 31–12 | [1] | |||
| November 22 | No. 1 Lehigh |
| L 0–32 | 17,000 | [10] | ||
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References
- "Lafayette Football 1963-1986". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 104. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- "Team Captains 1882-2019". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 97. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- "Central Stuns Lafayette". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. September 14, 1980. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
- "Davidson Upset 27-20 by Lafayette". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, N.C. September 21, 1980. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
- O'Day, Joe (September 28, 1980). "Columbia Nips Lafayette 6-0 on Cabrera TD". Daily News. New York, N.Y. Sports p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- Haskell, Bob (October 6, 1980). "Bouier, Rebholz Lead Maine to Homecoming Win". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
- Laubach, Ed (October 19, 1980). "Downpour, Lafayette's Goal-Line Stand Drown Penn, 3-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 13-F, 18-F – via Newspapers.com.
- "44-0 Colgate Margin Its Widest in 7 Years". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. November 2, 1980. pp. 2B, 6B – via Newspapers.com.
- Bruckner, Mike (November 9, 1980). "Quinn TDs Lead UNH". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 79 – via Newspapers.com.
- Newman, Chuck (November 23, 1980). "Unbeaten Lehigh Crushes Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 9-F – via Newspapers.com.
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