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Conference | Independent |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 8 |
Record | 9–2 |
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Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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No. 8 Lafayette | – | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Delaware ^ | – | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Tennessee State ^ | – | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeastern Louisiana | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholls State | – | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northeastern | – | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Madison | – | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1981 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1981 NCAA Division I-AA football season.
In their first year under head coach Bill Russo, the Leopards compiled a 9–2 record. [1] Steve Biale and Joe Skladany were the team captains. [2]
Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 12 | at Central Connecticut State |
| W 51–0 | 5,200 | [3] | |||
September 19 | at Davidson | W 14–7 | 4,700 | [4] | ||||
September 26 | at Columbia | W 28–13 | 3,795 | [5] | ||||
October 3 | Maine |
| W 17–0 | [1] | ||||
October 10 | Bucknell | No. 10 |
| W 37–0 | 11,500 | [6] | ||
October 17 | at Colgate | No. 8 | L 0–30 | 5,500 | [7] | |||
October 24 | at Gettysburg |
| W 28–14 | 3,237 | [8] | |||
October 31 | C.W. Post |
| W 48–10 | [1] | ||||
November 7 | No. 6 New Hampshire |
| L 18–21 | 5,300 | [9] | |||
November 14 | at Merchant Marine |
| W 49–13 | [1] | ||||
November 21 | at No. 6 Lehigh | W 10–3 | 19,000 | [10] | ||||
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