1980 Lehigh Engineers football team

1980 Lehigh Engineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–1–2
Head coach
Captains
  • Mike Crowe
  • Mark Yeager
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Lehigh ^     9 1 2
No. 6 Delaware     9 2 0
Southeastern Louisiana     8 2 0
No. 8 Northwestern State     8 3 0
Portland State     8 3 0
Bucknell     6 4 0
James Madison     4 6 0
Lafayette     3 7 0
Nicholls State     2 9 0
Northeastern     2 9 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1980 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lehigh went undefeated through the regular season and was the No. 1-ranked team in Division I-AA, but lost its national semifinal game.

In their fifth year under head coach John Whitehead, the Engineers compiled a 9–1–2 record (9–0–2 in the regular season).[1] Mike Crowe and Mark Yeager were the team captains.[2]

The Engineers' participation in the 1980 Division I-AA playoff marked their third year of postseason play in a four-year stretch, beginning with the NCAA Division II Football Championship in 1977, and continuing with their loss in the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game.

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.