1982 Lafayette Leopards football team

1982 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Captains
  • Bob Mahr
  • Ed Stahl
Home stadiumFisher Field
Seasons
← 1981
1983 →
1982 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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

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. 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 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 4,500 [1]
November 22 Lehigh
W 34–6 18,000 [11]

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References

  1. ^ a b "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.
  12. ^ "NCAA Statistics; Schedule & Results (Lafayette)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved November 8, 2024.