 The 1979 Fairfield Stags football team led by All-America and Hall of Fame quarterback Craig Leach '81 played in the National Collegiate Football Association's National Championship game where the Stags fell 60-40 to the University of Massachusetts Lowell.The 1980 team started the season ranked #1 in the pre-season NCFA Polls.The Fairfield Stags men's lacrosse team competes in the Colonial Athletic Association of NCAA Division I.