1973 Lehigh Engineers football team

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1973 Lehigh Engineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–4–1
Head coach
Captains
Home stadium Taylor Stadium
Seasons
  1972
1974  
1973 NCAA Division II independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Tennessee State   10 0 0
No. 9 Hawaii   9 2 0
Nebraska–Omaha   7 2 1
Trinity (TX)   8 3 0
UNLV   8 3 0
No. 13 Delaware ^   8 4 0
Western Carolina   6 3 1
Central Michigan   7 4 0
Nevada   7 4 0
Western Illinois   7 4 0
Milwaukee   6 4 1
Eastern Michigan   6 4 0
American International   5 4 0
Akron   6 5 0
Central State (OH)   6 5 0
Wayne State (MI)   5 5 0
Drexel   4 4 0
Bucknell   3 4 2
Northeast Louisiana   3 5 2
Santa Clara   4 6 0
Youngstown State   4 6 0
Arkansas–Pine Bluff   3 5 1
Chattanooga   4 7 0
Indiana State   4 7 0
Northeastern   3 6 0
Kentucky State   3 8 0
Northern Michigan   2 7 1
Eastern Illinois   2 9 0
Portland State   1 10 0
  • ^ NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AP small college poll

The 1973 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1973 NCAA Division II football season. Lehigh lost in the quarterfinal round of the national playoffs, and won the Lambert Cup.

In their ninth year under head coach Fred Dunlap, the Engineers compiled a 7–4–1 record (7–3–1 in the regular season). [1] Kim McQuilken and Roger McFillin were the team captains. [2] McQuilken completed 62.5% of his passes for 2,603 yards and 19 touchdowns and was selected by the Associated Press as the first-team quarterback on the 1973 Little All-America college football team. [3]

Although they did not appear at any point in the small college rankings, the Engineers earned a share of the Lambert Cup, awarded to the best team from a mid-sized college in the East. Lehigh shared the honor with Delaware, which had started the year ranked No. 1 and ended at No. 10.

Both Delaware and Lehigh also qualified for the first-ever NCAA Division II national playoff. Lehigh lost a road game to No. 2 Western Kentucky.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8 at Hofstra W 49–0 5,500 [4]
September 15 at Connecticut W 22–20 10,000–10,089 [5]
September 22 Rutgers L 13–31 12,000 [6]
September 29 No. 1 Delaware
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)
L 9–21 14,500 [7]
October 6 at Cornell T 7–7 14,000 [8]
October 13 at Bucknell W 42–15 12,000 [9]
October 19 at Penn L 20–27 15,500–17,800 [10]
October 27 Gettysburg
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 43–15 12,000 [11]
November 3 Colgate
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 58–26 12,000 [12]
November 10 at Rochester
W 42–0 2,500 [1]
November 17 Lafayette
W 45–13 18,000 [13]
December 1 at No. 2 Western Kentucky L 16–26 12,500 [14]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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