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Conference | Colonial League |
Record | 5–5 (2–2 Colonial) |
Head coach |
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Defensive coordinator | Mike Donnelly (2nd season) |
Captains |
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Home stadium | Fisher Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. T–4 Holy Cross $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1989 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lafayette tied for second in the Colonial League.
In their ninth year under head coach Bill Russo, the Leopards compiled a 4–7 record.[1] Frank Baur and Dwayne Norris were the team captains.[2]
The Leopards outscored opponents 319 to 249. Lafayette's 2–2 conference record tied for second in the five-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 9 | Kutztown* |
| W 44–14 | 4,200 | [4] | ||
September 16 | No. 8 Holy Cross |
| L 21–23 | 10,700 | [5] | ||
September 23 | at Penn* | L 12–25 | 11,513 | [6] | |||
September 30 | Columbia* |
| W 52–14 | 4,350 | [7] | ||
October 7 | at Cornell* | L 23–24 | 8,000 | [8] | |||
October 14 | Fordham* |
| W 40–7 | 4,595 | [9] | ||
October 21 | at Army* | L 20–34 | 40,478 | [10] | |||
October 28 | Colgate |
| W 38–33 | 9,815 | [11] | ||
November 4 | at Bucknell | L 33–54 | 3,418 | [12] | |||
November 18 | at Lehigh | W 36–21 | 18,623 | [13] | |||
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