1979 Lafayette Leopards football team
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.
| 1979 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| 1979 record | 5–3–2 |
| Head coach | Neil Putnam (9th season) |
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| Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Lehigh ^ | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 8 | at Gettysburg |
| W 41–6 | 1,120 | [3] | |||
| September 15 | at Merchant Marine |
| W 33–6 | [1] | ||||
| September 22 | at Davidson | L 13–16 | 3,200 | [4] | ||||
| September 29 | Columbia | No. 10 |
| W 14–7 | 8,500 | [5] | ||
| October 13 | Bucknell | No. 8 |
| T 0–0 | 10,700 | [6] | ||
| October 19 | at Penn | No. 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
- "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.
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