1982 Lafayette Leopards football team

1982 Lafayette Leopards football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–3
Head coach	Bill Russo (2nd season)
Captains	Bob Mahr Ed Stahl
Home stadium	Fisher Field
Seasons ←  1981 1983  →

1982 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings

v t e	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 its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	Rhode Island	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 10–20	9,500	[3]
September 18	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 20–26	31,103	[4]
September 25	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 53–23	3,525	[5]
October 2	at Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 37–6	7,100	[6]
October 9	at Maine	Alumni Field Orono, ME	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	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 47–37	12,417	[10]
November 13	Kutztown	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 36–3		[1]
November 22	Lehigh	Fisher Field Easton, PA (The Rivalry)	W 34–6	18,000	[11]
Rankings from the latest NCAA Division I-AA poll released prior to the game

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.