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The 1975 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. Lehigh lost in the quarterfinal round of the national playoffs, but won the Lambert Cup.

ConferenceIndependent
Record9–3
Headcoach
OffensivecoordinatorJohn Whitehead (7th season)
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1975 Lehigh Engineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–3
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn Whitehead (7th season)
Captains
  • Jerry Mullane
  • Joe Sterrett
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
Seasons
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1975 NCAA Division II independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Northern Michigan ^ – 13–1–0
American International – 8–1–0
Lehigh ^ – 9–3–0
Delaware – 8–3–0
Portland State – 8–3–0
Akron – 7–4–0
Kentucky State – 7–4–0
UNLV – 7–4–0
Santa Clara – 6–5–0
Tennessee State – 5–4–0
Youngstown State – 5–4–0
Chattanooga – 5–5–1
Bucknell – 5–5–0
Indiana State – 5–5–0
Lafayette – 5–5–0
Southern Connecticut State – 5–5–0
Central Connecticut – 4–5–0
Central State (OH) – 4–6–0
Eastern Michigan – 4–6–0
Eastern Illinois – 3–5–2
Illinois College – 3–6–0
Northeastern – 3–6–0
Western Carolina – 3–7–0
Nevada – 3–8–0
Nebraska–Omaha – 2–9–0
Arkansas–Pine Bluff – 0–11–0
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AP Poll
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In their 11th and final year under head coach Fred Dunlap, the Engineers compiled a 9–3 record (9–2 in the regular season).[1] Jerry Mullane and Joe Sterrett were the team captains.[2]

Unranked at the start of the year, the Engineers first appeared in the 1975 Division II national polls in late October, climbing to No. 4 in the coaches poll before a late-season loss to Bucknell dropped them to No. 6, their final coaches poll position. In the AP writers poll, Lehigh ended the regular season ranked No. 11, but the final poll was released after the playoffs, and Lehigh did not rank in the top 15.

Lehigh won the Lambert Cup, awarded to the best team from a mid-sized college in the East. The Engineers also qualified for its second NCAA Division II national playoff in three years, but lost in the first round to No. 8 New Hampshire.

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

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13 Millersville W 27–18 9,500 [3]
September 20 at Army L 32–54 27,800–27,872 [4]
September 27 Penn
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 34–23 14,000 [5]
October 4 at Gettysburg
W 56–22 3,500 [6]
October 11 Rutgers
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 34–20 11,500 [7]
October 18 at No. 9 Delaware W 35–23 21,100–21,105 [8][9]
October 25 Maine No. 10
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 21–14 9,500 [10]
November 1 Colgate No. 7
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 38–6 15,000 [11]
November 8 at Davidson No. 5 W 37–19 3,000 [12]
November 15 at Bucknell No. 4 L 25–32 7,500 [13]
November 22 Lafayette No. 6
W 40–14 17,000–17,300 [14][15]
November 29 No. 8 New Hampshire No. 6
L 21–35 9,100 [16]
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