1979 Lafayette Leopards football team
American college football season
1979 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 5–3–2 |
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Captains |
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Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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No. 4 Lehigh ^ | – | 10 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida A&M | – | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland State | – | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | – | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | – | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northeastern | – | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their ninth year under head coach Neil Putnam, the Leopards compiled a 5–3–2 record.[1] Tim Gerhart and Rich Smith were the team captains.[2] Lafayette played home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 8 | at Gettysburg |
| W 41–6 | 1,120 | [3] | |||
September 15 | at Merchant Marine |
| W 33–6 | [1] | ||||
September 22 | at Davidson | No. 7 | L 13–16 | 3,200 | [4] | |||
September 29 | Columbia | No. T–10 |
| W 14–7 | 8,500 | [5] | ||
October 13 | No. 6 Bucknell![]() | No. T–8 |
| T 0–0 | 10,700 | [6] | ||
October 19 | at Penn | No. T–8 | W 9–7 | 9,074 | [7] | |||
October 27 | Maine | No. 7 |
| L 21–34 | 6,000 | [8] | ||
November 3 | Colgate |
| T 7–7 | 6,000 | [9] | |||
November 10 | Wagner |
| W 21–3 | [1] | ||||
November 17 | at Lehigh |
| L 3–24 | 19,000 | [10] | |||
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References
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ Wismer, Ted (September 9, 1979). "Lafayette's Balanced Attack Trounces Gettysburg 41-6". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bowen, Les (September 23, 1979). "Piercy Catch Is Big Play for Davidson". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, N.C. p. 4D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wismer, Ted (September 30, 1979). "Lehigh and Lafayette Turn Back Ivy League Foes; Columbia Falls 14-7 to Leopards". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Freedman, Lewis (October 14, 1979). "Bucknell, Lafayette: Zero". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 9D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Shister, Gail (October 20, 1979). "Penn Drops a 9-7 Heartbreaker". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bouier, Maine Rip Lafayette". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 28, 1979. p. 85 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sub Ties Colgate". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. November 4, 1979. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Larimer, Terry (November 18, 1979). "Lehigh Rolls, 24-3; Awaits Playoff Bid". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.