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Conference | Independent |
Record | 6–5 |
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Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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No. 3 Holy Cross ^ | – | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 Tennessee State | – | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Colgate ^ | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northeastern | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeastern Louisiana | – | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William & Mary | – | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholls State | – | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | – | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware | – | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | – | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Madison | – | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | – | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | – | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season.
In their third year under head coach Bill Russo, the Leopards compiled a 6–5 record. [1] Rich Doverspike, Frank Novak and Craig Williams were the team captains. [2]
Starting the season with a four-game win streak, the Leopards made it into the Division I-AA weekly national rankings in the middle of the campaign, but were unranked by season's end.
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 10 | East Stroudsburg |
| W 20–14 | 7,500 | [3] | |||
September 17 | at Davidson | W 35–12 | 2,600 | [4] | ||||
September 24 | Columbia | No. 17 |
| W 34–29 | 10,750 | [5] | ||
October 1 | Bucknell | No. 15 |
| W 33–3 | 9,200 | [6] | ||
October 8 | Maine | No. 12 |
| L 38–39 | 6,800 | [7] | ||
October 15 | at Penn | No. 17 | L 20–28 | 6,038 | [8] | |||
October 22 | at James Madison | W 31–14 | 12,800 | [9] | ||||
October 29 | Colgate |
| L 7–21 | 10,700 | [10] | |||
November 5 | at Princeton | L 33–41 | 10,117 | [11] | ||||
November 12 | Kutztown |
| W 28–13 | [1] | ||||
November 19 | at Lehigh | L 14–22 | 19,000 | [12] | ||||
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