1969 Lehigh Engineers football team

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The 1969 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season, and completed the 86th season of Engineers football. Lehigh finished fourth in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division, and won the Middle Three Conference championship.

DivisionUniversity Division
Record4–5–1 (2–2 MAC)
Headcoach
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1969 Lehigh Engineers football
Middle Three Conference champion
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionUniversity Division
Record4–5–1 (2–2 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn Whitehead (1st season)
Captains
  • Mike Leib
  • Pete Tomaino
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
Seasons
 1968
1970 
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1969 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
University Division
No. 10 Delaware x600920
Gettysburg420720
Bucknell321351
Lehigh220451
Temple121451
Lafayette130460
Hofstra0500100
West Chester *010720
Northern College Division
Wilkes x500620
Susquehanna510630
Juniata420530
Delaware Valley430430
Upsala330440
Albright340360
Lycoming170170
Wagner *310450
Southern College Division
Johns Hopkins x520540
Lebanon Valley x520620
Ursinus x520521
Moravian630630
Dickinson440440
Muhlenberg450450
Swarthmore350350
Western Maryland240360
Pennsylvania Military160260
Haverford160160
Franklin & Marshall160170
Drexel*210350
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from AP Poll
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The 1969 team came off a 3–7 record from the previous season. The team was led by coach Fred Dunlap. The team finished the regular season with a 4–5–1 record.[1] Mike Leib and Pete Tomaino were the team captains.[2]

To kick off its conference schedule, Lehigh scored a significant upset against Rutgers, dealing the Scarlet Knights their first loss during college football's centennial season, the 100th anniversary of the 1869 game between Rutgers and Princeton that is considered the sport's first intercollegiate matchup.[3] Dunlap compared the 17–7 victory to Lehigh's best season in recent memory: "We beat Columbia, Colgate and Harvard in 1961, our Lambert Cup year and this is the greatest football triumph for us since then."[4]

The Engineers beat both of their Middle Three rivals, Rutgers and Lafayette, to win the conference championship. The Engineers were 2–2 against MAC University Division opponents, earning fourth place in that conference.

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

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 The Citadel* L 16–41 10,000 [5]
September 27 Ithaca*
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 55–7 6,500 [6]
October 4 at Wittenberg*
L 13–21 5,500 [7]
October 11 at Rutgers W 17–7 16,000–17,000 [8]
October 18 at Penn* L 7–13 27,000–27,002 [9]
October 25 Gettysburg
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 24–36 10,500 [10]
November 1 Colgate*
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
T 14–14 7,500 [11]
November 8 at No. 4 Delaware L 14–42 14,093 [12]
November 15 at Bucknell W 7–3 4,100 [13]
November 22 Lafayette
W 36–19 16,000 [14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game
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