1982 Lafayette Leopards football team

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.

1982 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Captains
  • Bob Mahr
  • Ed Stahl
Home stadiumFisher Field
1982 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

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

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