1985 Lehigh Engineers football team

1985 Lehigh Engineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–6
Head coach
Captains
  • Marty Horn
  • Wes Walton
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Georgia Southern ^     13 2 0
No. 11 Eastern Washington ^     9 3 0
No. 18 Richmond     8 3 0
Colgate     7 3 1
Delaware     7 4 0
Tennessee State     7 4 0
No. 16 William & Mary     7 4 0
Lafayette     6 5 0
James Madison     5 6 0
Lehigh     5 6 0
Holy Cross     4 6 1
Florida A&M     4 7 0
Western Kentucky     4 7 0
Bucknell     3 7 0
Northeastern     2 8 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1985 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

In their tenth and final year under head coach John Whitehead, the Engineers compiled a 5–6 record.[1] Marty Horn and Wes Walton were the team captains.[2]

This would be Lehigh's final year as an independent, before joining the Colonial League. Future league opponents on the Engineers' 1985 schedule included Bucknell, Colgate and Lafayette. The league was later renamed Patriot League, and continues to be Lehigh's home conference as of 2020.

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.