1982 Lehigh Engineers football team

The 1982 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

1982 Lehigh Engineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–6
Head coach
Captains
  • John Ashler
  • Ed Godbolt
  • Jack Meyers
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
1982 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Delaware ^   –  12 –2 –0
No. 4 Tennessee State ^   –  10 –1 –1
No. 13 Holy Cross   –  8 –3 –0
James Madison   –  8 –3 –0
No. 9 Colgate ^   –  8 –4 –0
No. 20 Lafayette   –  7 –3 –0
Nicholls State   –  7 –4 –0
No. 18 Northwestern State   –  6 –5 –0
Western Kentucky   –  5 –5 –0
Bucknell   –  4 –6 –0
Lehigh   –  4 –6 –0
Southeastern Louisiana   –  4 –7 –0
Northeastern   –  3 –6 –0
William & Mary   –  3 –8 –0
Richmond   –  0 –10 –0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee

In their seventh year under head coach John Whitehead, the Engineers compiled a 4–6 record.[1] John Ashler, Ed Godbolt and Jack Meyers were the team captains.[2]

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11 at Maine
L 6–14 6,000 [3]
September 18 Colgate
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 14–21 10,800 [4]
September 25 at Penn
L 17–20 11,154 [5]
October 2 Delaware
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)
L 19–20 14,000 [6]
October 9 at Connecticut
W 16–12 7,592 [7]
October 16 New Hampshire
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 20–17 12,000 [8]
October 30 Bucknell
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 21–10 [1]
November 6 at Rhode Island
L 16–20 7,526 [9]
November 13 East Stroudsburg
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 25–7 [1]
November 20 at Lafayette
L 6–34 18,000 [10]

References
  1. "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 22. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Lehigh Football Captains". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 12. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. Haskell, Bob (September 13, 1982). "McGrath Shines as Black Bears Top Lehigh". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Colgate's FB Rams Lehigh". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. September 19, 1982. pp. 3D, 2D – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Newman, Chuck (September 26, 1982). "Penn's 3d-Quarter Rally Topples Lehigh, 20-17". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-E – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Will-Weber, Mark (October 3, 1982). "Delaware Gets Past Lehigh 20-19; Late FG Does in Engineers". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Anderson, Woody (October 10, 1982). "Lehigh Stuns UConn, 16-12". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. C1, C14 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Lehigh Rallies, Catches UNH". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 17, 1982. p. 57 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Aubrey, Coult (November 7, 1982). "Rhode Island Rally Stuns Lehigh 20-16". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Markowitz, Marc (November 21, 1982). "Lafayette Rips Lehigh; Leopards in Charge All the Way in 34-6 Walloping". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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