1987 Lehigh Engineers football team

1987 Lehigh Engineers football
ConferenceColonial League
Record5–5–1 (3–1–1 Colonial)
Head coach
Captains
  • Aaron Frantz
  • Kevin Rife
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 Colonial League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Holy Cross $ 4 0 0 11 0 0
Lehigh 3 1 1 5 5 1
Colgate 2 2 0 7 4 0
Lafayette 2 3 0 4 7 0
Bucknell 1 3 1 4 5 1
Davidson 0 3 0 1 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1987 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lehigh finished second in the Colonial League.

In their second year under head coach Hank Small, the Engineers compiled a 5–5–1 record.[1]

The Engineers outscored opponents 221 to 201. Lehigh's 3–1–1 conference record placed second in the six-team Colonial League standings.[2]

This was the 74th and final year that Lehigh played its home games at Taylor Stadium on the university's main campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.[3] The following year, Lehigh would open Goodman Stadium on the Goodman Campus; the former Taylor site is now occupied by Lehigh's business school and arts center.

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 22. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 1. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lafayette was invoked but never defined (see the help page).