1987 Lafayette Leopards football team

1987 Lafayette Leopards football
ConferenceColonial League
Record4–7 (2–3 Colonial)
Head coach
Captains
  • Jim Johnson
  • Dave MacPhee
Home stadiumFisher Field
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 Colonial League football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

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.

  1. ^ "Lafayette Football 1963-1986". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 105. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Team Captains 1882-2019". 2019 Lafayette Football Record Book (PDF). Easton, Pa.: Lafayette College. p. 97. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 1. Retrieved August 10, 2020.