1970 Lehigh Engineers football team

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1970 Lehigh Engineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–6
Head coach
Captains
  • Thad Jamula
  • Geo Nicholson
Home stadium Taylor Stadium
Seasons
  1969
1971  
1970 NCAA College Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Tampa   10 1 0
No. 5 Tennessee State   10 0 0
No. 11 Delaware   9 2 0
Hawaii   9 2 0
Northern Michigan   8 2 0
No. 19 Eastern Michigan   7 2 1
Akron   7 3 0
Central Michigan   7 3 0
Temple   7 3 0
Drake   7 4 0
Wayne State (MI)   6 2 0
Arkansas AM&N   6 3 0
Southern Illinois   6 3 0
St. Norbert   6 3 0
Nevada   6 3 1
Portland State   6 4 0
UNLV   6 4 0
Boston University   5 4 0
Cortland   5 4 0
Indiana (PA)   5 4 0
Santa Clara   5 4 1
Lafayette   6 5 0
Colorado College   4 4 0
Drexel   4 4 0
Hofstra   5 5 0
Indiana State   5 5 0
Samford   5 5 0
Wabash   3 3 2
Saint Mary's   3 4 0
Ashland   4 6 0
Bucknell   4 6 0
Lehigh   4 6 0
Rose Poly   3 5 1
Northeastern   3 5 0
Indiana Central   3 6 0
Lake Forest   3 6 0
Kentucky State   3 6 0
Chicago   2 5 0
Chattanooga   3 8 0
Parsons   2 7 0
Eastern Illinois   2 8 0
Milwaukee   1 9 0
Rankings from AP small college poll

The 1970 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season.

In their sixth year under head coach Fred Dunlap, the Engineers compiled a 4–6 record. [1] Thad Jamula and Geo Nicholson were the team captains. [2]

Following the decision by the Middle Atlantic Conference to end football competition in its University Division, the Engineers competed as a football independent in 1970, though five of the former league rivals (Bucknell, Delaware, Gettysburg, Lafayette and Lehigh) continued to play an informal round-robin called the "Middle Five". [3]

The three-way rivalry with Lafayette and Rutgers remained on Lehigh's football schedule, but press reports in 1970 make no mention of a Middle Three Conference champion.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 C.W. Post W 7–0 8,000 [4]
September 26 at Penn L 0–24 10,400–10,406 [5]
October 3 at Cornell L 14–41 13,000 [6]
October 10 Rutgers
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 7–0 12,000 [7]
October 17 at Drexel
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–6 5,000–7,000 [8]
October 24 at Gettysburg
W 34–15 4,000–4,250 [9]
October 31 at Colgate L 12–21 4,600 [10]
November 7 No. 8 Delaware
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)
W 36–13 13,000 [11]
November 14 Bucknell
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 20–24 7,000 [12]
November 21 at Lafayette L 28–31 17,000 [13]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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