1978 Lafayette Leopards football team
American college football season
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The 1978 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their eighth year under head coach Neil Putnam, the Leopards compiled a 4–7 record.[1] Jim Medes and Brian Musician were the team captains.[2]
| 1978 Lafayette Leopards football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 4–7 |
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| Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Nevada ^ | – | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Lehigh | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | – | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | – | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | – | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland State | – | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | – | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This was the first year of competition for Division I-AA, later to be renamed the Football Championship Subdivision. Lafayette, along with its in-state rivals Bucknell and Lehigh, moved up to I-AA after having previously competed as independents in NCAA Division II. The Leopards' 1978 schedule included opponents from Division I-A, Division I-AA, Division II and Division III.
Lafayette played home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 9 | Gettysburg |
| W 31–0 | 5,000 | [3] | ||
| September 16 | at Army | L 14–24 | 25,890 | [4] | |||
| September 23 | Merchant Marine |
| L 10–13 | [5] | |||
| September 30 | at Columbia | L 0–21 | 4,500 | [6] | |||
| October 7 | Fordham^ |
| W 17–14 | 7,700 | [7] | ||
| October 14 | at Bucknell | W 14–7 | [8] | ||||
| October 21 | Penn |
| W 20–19 | 11,200 | [9] | ||
| October 28 | at Maine | L 25–31 | 3,000 | [10] | |||
| November 4 | at Colgate | L 7–17 | 4,500 | [11] | |||
| November 11 | at Davidson | L 12–17 | 2,000 | [12] | |||
| November 18 | Lehigh |
| L 15–23 | 17,000 | [13] | ||
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