1980 Lafayette Leopards football team

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.

1980 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferenceIndependent
1980 record3–7
Head coach
Captains
  • Steve MacCorkle
  • Ed Rogulsky
Home stadiumFisher Field
1980 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

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]

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. "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.
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