1982 Lafayette Leopards football team

American college football season

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. Bob Mahr and Ed Stahl were the team captains. 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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11	Rhode Island	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 10–20	9,500
September 18	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 20–26	31,103
September 25	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 53–23	3,525
October 2	at Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 37–6	7,100
October 9	at Maine	Alumni Field Orono, ME	L 14–28	8,500
October 16	No. 10 Penn	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 35–20	10,000
October 23	Davidson	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 49–14	7,500
November 6	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 47–37	12,417
November 13	Kutztown	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 36–3	4,500
November 22	Lehigh	Fisher Field Easton, PA (The Rivalry)	W 34–6	18,000
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

References

^ "Lafayette Football 1963-1986". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 104. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
"Team Captains 1882-2019". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 97. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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.
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.
Markowitz, Marc (September 26, 1982). "Leopards Roar -- 53-23". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
Meixell, Ted (October 3, 1982). "Leopards Roll to 37-6 Win". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
Haskell, Bob (October 11, 1982). "Bears Beat Lafayette, 28-14, but Lose Bouier". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
Livingston, Bill (October 17, 1982). "Penn Streak Halted, 35-20, by Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-E – via Newspapers.com.
"Lafayette rolls past Davidson". The Charlotte Observer. September 23, 1982. Retrieved September 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
Groller, Keith (November 7, 1982). "Leopards Get Best of Offensive Show". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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.
"NCAA Statistics; Schedule & Results (Lafayette)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved November 8, 2024.

v t e Lafayette Leopards football
Venues	The Quad (1882–1893) March Field (1894–1925) Fisher Stadium (1926–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Lehigh: The Rivalry
Culture & lore	The Leopard "On, Lafayette!" Leopard Pride 1949 Sun Bowl controversy
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

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