1978 Lehigh Engineers football team

1978 Lehigh Engineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 9
Record8–3
Head coach
Captains
  • Bill Bradley
  • Pete DeLuca
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Florida A&M ^     12 1 0
No. 1 Nevada ^     11 1 0
No. 9 Lehigh     8 3 0
Northeastern     6 5 0
Bucknell     5 5 0
Northwestern State     5 6 0
Portland State     5 6 0
Lafayette     4 7 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1978 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

In their third year under head coach John Whitehead, the Engineers compiled an 8–3 record.[1] Bill Bradley and Pete DeLuca were the team captains.[2]

Lehigh had won the NCAA Division II Football Championship in 1977, and in 1978 the Engineers moved up to the newly formed Division I-AA, later to be renamed the Football Championship Subdivision. Also moving up from Division II, and competing as I-AA independents, were in-state rivals Bucknell and Lafayette. The Engineers' 1978 schedule included opponents from Division I-A, Division I-AA, Division II and Division III.

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

  1. ^ "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.