1986 Lehigh Engineers football team
American college football season
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The 1986 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In the first year of play for the Colonial League, Lehigh tied for second place.
- Hank Small (1st season)
- Mike Kosko
- Joe Uliana
| 1986 Lehigh Engineers football | |
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| Conference | Colonial League |
| Record | 5–6 (2–2 Colonial) |
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| Home stadium | Taylor Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Holy Cross $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their first year under head coach Hank Small, the Engineers compiled a 5–6 record.[1] Mike "The Tambourine Man" Kosko and Joe Uliana were the team captains and received All-American honors. This was also OLB Perry "The Pole Vault" Smith's final year where he capped his career by sacking Delaware Quarterback and future NFL MVP Rich Gannon 3 times albeit in a loss after beating Delaware in the previous 3 years.[2]
Lehigh's 2–2 conference record tied for second in the five-team Colonial League standings. Against all opponents, the Engineers were outscored 300 to 258.[3]
Lehigh played its home games at Taylor Stadium on the university's main campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 13 | at Holy Cross | L 14–17 | 15,781 | [4] | |||
| September 20 | Colgate |
| W 41–39 | 11,500 | [5] | ||
| September 27 | at Navy* | L 0–41 | 21,388 | [6] | |||
| October 4 | Northeastern* |
| L 20–34 | 7,000 | [7] | ||
| October 11 | No. 5 William & Mary* |
| L 38–44 | 6,000 | [8] | ||
| October 18 | Princeton* |
| W 48–28 | 11,500 | [9] | ||
| October 25 | at No. 16 Delaware* | L 17–28 | 17,685 | [10] | |||
| November 1 | at Towson State* | W 26–21 | 6,241 | [11] | |||
| November 8 | West Chester* |
| W 18–13 | 6,000 | [12] | ||
| November 15 | Bucknell |
| W 17–7 | 8,500 | [13] | ||
| November 22 | at Lafayette | L 23–28 | 17,500 | [14] | |||
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