1983 Lafayette Leopards football team

The 1983 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their third year under head coach Bill Russo, the Leopards compiled a 6–5 record.^[1] Rich Doverspike, Frank Novak and Craig Williams were the team captains.^[2] Starting the season with a four-game win streak, the Leopards made it into the NCAA Division I-AA rankings in the middle of the campaign, but were unranked by season's end. Lafayette played home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	East Stroudsburg		Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 20–14	7,500	[3]
September 17	at Davidson		Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC	W 35–12	2,600	[4]
September 24	Columbia	No. 17	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 34–29	10,750	[5]
October 1	Bucknell	No. 15	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 33–3	9,200	[6]
October 8	Maine	No. 12	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 38–39	6,800	[7]
October 15	at Penn	No. 17	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 20–28	6,038	[8]
October 22	at James Madison		Madison Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	W 31–14	12,800	[9]
October 29	Colgate		Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 7–21	10,700	[10]
November 5	at Princeton		Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 33–41	10,117	[11]
November 12	Kutztown		Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 28–13		[1]
November 19	at Lehigh		Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA (The Rivalry)	L 14–22	19,000	[12]
Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game