1982 Lafayette Leopards football team

The 1982 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

1982 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Captains
  • Bob Mahr
  • Ed Stahl
Home stadiumFisher Field
1982 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Delaware ^   –  12 –2 –0
No. 4 Tennessee State ^   –  10 –1 –1
No. 13 Holy Cross   –  8 –3 –0
James Madison   –  8 –3 –0
No. 9 Colgate ^   –  8 –4 –0
No. 20 Lafayette   –  7 –3 –0
Nicholls State   –  7 –4 –0
No. 18 Northwestern State   –  6 –5 –0
Western Kentucky   –  5 –5 –0
Bucknell   –  4 –6 –0
Lehigh   –  4 –6 –0
Southeastern Louisiana   –  4 –7 –0
Northeastern   –  3 –6 –0
William & Mary   –  3 –8 –0
Richmond   –  0 –10 –0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee

In their second year under head coach Bill Russo, the Leopards compiled a 7–3 record.[1] Bob Mahr and Ed Stahl were the team captains.[2]

Though the team went unranked in the Division I-AA Football Committee poll during the season, the five-game winning streak at the end of the schedule secured a No. 20 rank in the final week of the poll, released November 24.

Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11 Rhode Island
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
L 10–20 9,500 [3]
September 18 at Army
L 20–26 31,103 [4]
September 25 at Columbia
W 53–23 3,525 [5]
October 2 at Bucknell
W 37–6 7,100 [6]
October 9 at Maine
L 14–28 8,500 [7]
October 16 No. 10 Penn
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 35–20 10,000 [8]
October 23 Davidson
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 49–14 7,500 [9]
November 6 at Princeton
W 47–37 12,417 [10]
November 13 Kutztown
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 36–3 [1]
November 22 Lehigh
W 34–6 18,000 [11]

References
  1. "Lafayette Football 1963-1986". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 104. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Team Captains 1882-2019". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 97. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. Meixell, Ted (September 12, 1982). "Rhode Island Wears Down Leopards in 2nd Half 20-10". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Markowitz, Marc (September 19, 1982). "Army's 'Special' Teams Produce 26-20 Victory Over the Leopards". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Markowitz, Marc (September 26, 1982). "Leopards Roar -- 53-23". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Meixell, Ted (October 3, 1982). "Leopards Roll to 37-6 Win". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Haskell, Bob (October 11, 1982). "Bears Beat Lafayette, 28-14, but Lose Bouier". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Livingston, Bill (October 17, 1982). "Penn Streak Halted, 35-20, by Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-E – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Lafayette rolls past Davidson". The Charlotte Observer. September 23, 1982. Retrieved September 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Groller, Keith (November 7, 1982). "Leopards Get Best of Offensive Show". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Markowitz, Marc (November 21, 1982). "Lafayette Rips Lehigh; Leopards in Charge All the Way in 34-6 Walloping". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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