In their second year under head coach Bill Russo, the Leopards compiled a 7–3 record.
[1] Bob Mahr and Ed Stahl were the team captains.
[2] Though the team went unranked in the Division I-AA Football Committee poll during the season, the five-game winning streak at the end of the schedule secured a No.
20 rank in the final week of the poll, released November 24.
Lafayette played home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.