1983 Lafayette Leopards football team

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.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	East Stroudsburg		Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 20–14	7,500	[3]
September 17	at Davidson		Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC	W 35–12	2,600	[4]
September 24	Columbia	No. 17	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 34–29	10,750	[5]
October 1	Bucknell	No. 15	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 33–3	9,200	[6]
October 8	Maine	No. 12	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 38–39	6,800	[7]
October 15	at Penn	No. 17	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 20–28	6,038	[8]
October 22	at James Madison		Madison Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	W 31–14	12,800	[9]
October 29	Colgate		Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 7–21	10,700	[10]
November 5	at Princeton		Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 33–41	10,117	[11]
November 12	Kutztown		Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 28–13		[1]
November 19	at Lehigh		Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA (The Rivalry)	L 14–22	19,000	[12]
Homecoming Rankings from the latest NCAA Division I-AA poll released prior to the game

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