| Year: | 1948 |
| Team: | Lafayette Leopards |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Middle Three Conference |
| Short Conf: | Middle Three |
| Record: | 7–2 |
| Conf Record: | 1-1 |
| Head Coach: | Ivy Williamson |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Captain: | Daniel Kovacs[1] |
| Stadium: | Fisher Field |
The 1948 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1948 college football season. In its second season under head coach Ivy Williamson, the team compiled a 7–2 record and outscored its opponents by a total of 277 to 171. Lafayette declined an invitation to the 1949 Sun Bowl, as African-American running back David Showell would not have been allowed to play in the game.[2] The team played home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Lafayette was ranked at No. 80 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[3]