1980 Lafayette Leopards football team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1980 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferenceIndependent
1980 record3–7
Head coach
Captains
  • Steve MacCorkle
  • Ed Rogulsky
Home stadiumFisher Field
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Lehigh ^   –   9 – 1 – 2
No. 6 Delaware   –   9 – 2 – 0
Southeastern Louisiana   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 8 Northwestern State   –   8 – 3 – 0
Portland State   –   8 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 4 – 0
James Madison   –   4 – 6 – 0
Lafayette   –   3 – 7 – 0
Nicholls State   –   2 – 9 – 0
Northeastern   –   2 – 9 – 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1980 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

In their tenth year under head coach Neil Putnam, the Leopards compiled a 3–7 record.[1] Steve MacCorkle and Ed Rogulsky were the team captains.[2]

Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13 Central Connecticut State
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
L 3–14 3,500 [3]
September 20 Davidson
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 27–20 2,500 [4]
September 27 at Columbia
L 0–6 4,500 [5]
October 4 at Maine
L 3–24 4,100 [6]
October 11 at Bucknell
L 0–14 [1]
October 18 Penn
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 3–0 12,000 [7]
November 1 at Colgate
L 0–44 3,500 [8]
November 8 at New Hampshire
L 6–26 7,121 [9]
November 15 Merchant Marine
  • Fisher Field
  • Easton, PA
W 31–12 [1]
November 22 No. 1 Lehigh
L 0–32 17,000 [10]
  • ^ Parents Days
  • Rankings from Associated Press Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ "Central Stuns Lafayette". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. September 14, 1980. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Davidson Upset 27-20 by Lafayette". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, N.C. September 21, 1980. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ O'Day, Joe (September 28, 1980). "Columbia Nips Lafayette 6-0 on Cabrera TD". Daily News. New York, N.Y. Sports p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Haskell, Bob (October 6, 1980). "Bouier, Rebholz Lead Maine to Homecoming Win". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Laubach, Ed (October 19, 1980). "Downpour, Lafayette's Goal-Line Stand Drown Penn, 3-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 13-F, 18-F – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "44-0 Colgate Margin Its Widest in 7 Years". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. November 2, 1980. pp. 2B, 6B – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Bruckner, Mike (November 9, 1980). "Quinn TDs Lead UNH". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 79 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Newman, Chuck (November 23, 1980). "Unbeaten Lehigh Crushes Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 9-F – via Newspapers.com.
Retrieved from ""