1980 Lafayette Leopards football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1980
| team = Lafayette Leopards
| sport = football
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| conference = Independent
| record = 3–7
| head_coach = Neil Putnam
| hc_year = 10th
| captain = Steve MacCorkle
| captain2 = Ed Rogulsky
| stadium = Fisher Field
}}
{{1980 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings}}
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.{{cite book |title=2019 Lafayette Football Record Book |chapter=Lafayette Football 1963-1986 |publisher=Lafayette College |location=Easton, Pa. |page=104 |accessdate=June 20, 2020 |url=https://goleopards.com/documents/2019/8/26/2019LafayetteFootballRecordBook.pdf}} Steve MacCorkle and Ed Rogulsky were the team captains.{{cite book |title=2019 Lafayette Football Record Book |chapter=Team Captains 1882-2019 |publisher=Lafayette College |location=Easton, Pa. |page=97 |accessdate=June 20, 2020 |url=https://goleopards.com/documents/2019/8/26/2019LafayetteFootballRecordBook.pdf}} Lafayette played home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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| atvs = y
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| other-event = ^ Parents Days
| poll = Associated Press
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| rankyear = 1980
| September 13 | | {{cfb link|year=1980|team=Central Connecticut Blue Devils|title=Central Connecticut State}}
| Fisher Field | Easton, PA | L 3 14
| 3,500 | {{cite news |title=Central Stuns Lafayette |date=September 14, 1980 |page=1C |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56471023/1980-lafayette-central}}
| September 20 | | Davidson
| Fisher Field | Easton, PA | W 27 20
| 2,500 | {{cite news |title=Davidson Upset 27-20 by Lafayette |date=September 21, 1980 |page=4B |newspaper=The Charlotte Observer |location=Charlotte, N.C.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56471745/1980-lafayette-davidson}}
| September 27 | @ | Columbia
| Baker Field | New York, NY | L 0 6
| 4,500 | {{cite news |title=Columbia Nips Lafayette 6-0 on Cabrera TD |first=Joe |last=O'Day |date=September 28, 1980 |at=Sports p. 5 |newspaper=Daily News |location=New York, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56472823/1980-columbia-lafayette}}
| October 4 | @ | Maine
| Alumni Field | Orono, ME | L 3 24
| 4,100 | {{cite news |title=Bouier, Rebholz Lead Maine to Homecoming Win |first=Bob |last=Haskell |newspaper=Bangor Daily News |location=Bangor, Maine |date=October 6, 1980 |page=19 |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56533953/1980-lafayette-maine}}
| October 11 | @ | Bucknell
| Memorial Stadium | Lewisburg, PA | L 0 14
| October 18 | | Penn
| Fisher Field | Easton, PA | W 3 0
| 12,000 | {{cite news |title=Downpour, Lafayette's Goal-Line Stand Drown Penn, 3-0 |first=Ed |last=Laubach |date=October 19, 1980 |pages=13-F, 18-F |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56537121/1980-lafayette-penn}}
| November 1 | @ | Colgate
| Andy Kerr Stadium | Hamilton, NY | L 0 44
| 3,500 | {{cite news |title=44-0 Colgate Margin Its Widest in 7 Years |newspaper=The Sunday Press |location=Binghamton, N.Y. |date=November 2, 1980 |pages=2B, 6B |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54301252/1980-colgate-lafayette |via=Newspapers.com}}
| November 8 | @ | New Hampshire
| Cowell Stadium | Durham, NH | L 6 26
| 7,121 | {{cite news |title=Quinn TDs Lead UNH |first=Mike |last=Bruckner |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass. |date=November 9, 1980 |page=79 |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56539588/1980-lafayette-unh/}}
| November 15 | | {{cfb link|year=1980|team=Merchant Marine Mariners|title=Merchant Marine}}
| Fisher Field | Easton, PA | W 31 12
| November 22 | | #1 Lehigh
| Fisher Field | Easton, PA (The Rivalry) | L 0 32
| 17,000 | {{cite news |title=Unbeaten Lehigh Crushes Lafayette |first=Chuck |last=Newman |date=November 23, 1980 |page=9-F |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56540514/1980-lafayette-lehigh/}}
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