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Conference | Colonial League |
Record | 4–7 (2–3 Colonial) |
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Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Holy Cross $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1987 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lafayette finished fourth in the Colonial League.
In their seventh year under head coach Bill Russo, the Leopards compiled a 4–7 record.[1] Jim Johnson and Dave MacPhee were the team captains.[2]
Despite posting a losing record, the Leopards outscored opponents 264 to 257. Lafayette's 2–3 conference record placed fourth in the six-team Colonial League standings.[3]
Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 12 | Kutztown* |
| W 29–17 | [1] | |||
September 19 | at No. 2 Holy Cross | L 11–40 | 10,651 | [4] | |||
September 26 | Columbia* |
| W 38–7 | 9,100 | [5] | ||
October 3 | at Cornell* | L 12–17 | 9,000 | [6] | |||
October 10 | Bucknell |
| W 42–21 | 10,700 | [7] | ||
October 17 | Davidson |
| W 38–10 | 2,200 | [8] | ||
October 24 | at No. 8 New Hampshire* | L 19–21 | 8,455 | [9] | |||
October 31 | Colgate |
| L 14–35 | 6,700 | [10] | ||
November 7 | Penn* |
| L 14–23 | 5,200 | [11] | ||
November 14 | at Army* | L 37–49 | 37,195 | [12] | |||
November 21 | at Lehigh | L 10–17 | 17,000 | [13] | |||
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