1979 Lehigh Engineers football team

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1979
Lehigh Engineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 4
Record10–3
Head coach
(4th season)
Captains
  • Rich Andres
  • Jim McCormick
  • Eric Yaszemski
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Lehigh ^   –   10 – 3 – 0
Florida A&M   –   7 – 4 – 0
Portland State   –   6 – 5 – 0
Lafayette   –   5 – 3 – 2
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 2
Northwestern State   –   3 – 6 – 0
Northeastern   –   3 – 7 – 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1979 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Engineers finished the year ranked No. 3 in Division I-AA and qualified for the four-team national playoff. They won their semifinal but lost the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game.

In their fourth year under head coach John Whitehead, the Engineers compiled a 10–3 record (9–2 in the regular season).[1] Rich Andres, Jim McCormick and Eric Yaszemski were the team captains.[2]

Lehigh returned to the national championship two years after winning the

Lambert Cup in 1977. Its two regular season losses in 1979 were away games at Colgate, a Division I-A team, and at Delaware, the eventual Division II champion
.

Lehigh played its home games at Taylor Stadium on the university's main campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8 at
West Chester
W 12–7 5,500 [3]
September 15 Slippery Rock
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 44–9 [1]
September 22 at Colgate No. 9
L 3–10 7,200 [4]
September 29 Penn
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 31–7 10,500 [5]
October 6 at No. 2 (D-II) Delaware
L 14–21 20,636 [6]
October 13 Davidson
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 10–0 11,500 [7]
October 20 at New Hampshire
W 16–3 15,400 [8]
October 27 at Bucknell No. 10
W 14–13 8,000 [9]
November 3
C.W. Post
No. 7
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 17–0 10,000 [10]
November 10 at Maine No. 7
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 12–6 5,000 [11]
November 17 Lafayette No. 6
W 24–3 19,000 [12]
December 8 at No. 2 Murray State No. 4
W 28–9 10,000 [13]
December 15 vs. No. 3 Eastern Kentucky No. 4
L 7–30 5,200 [14]
  • ^ Parents Day
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ a b "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 22. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Lehigh Football Captains". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 12. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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