1993 Lehigh Engineers football team
The 1993 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lehigh won the Patriot League championship.
| 1993 Lehigh Engineers football | |
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Patriot League champion | |
| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 7–4 (4–1 Patriot) |
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| Home stadium | Goodman Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their eighth and final year under head coach Hank Small, the Engineers compiled a 7–4 record.[1] Lance Haynes and Dave Cecchini were the team captains.[2]
Despite their winning record and league championship, the Engineers were outscored by opponents 336 to 309. Lehigh's 4–1 conference record nonetheless topped the six-team Patriot League standings.[3]
The championship was Lehigh's first in the eight-year history of the Patriot and Colonial leagues. Patriot League rules at the time prohibited members from participating in the postseason tournament. Lehigh was not ranked in the national poll; three of its four losses were to ranked opponents.
Lehigh played its home games at Goodman Stadium on the university's Goodman Campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 4 | at No. 5 Delaware* | L 21–62 | 14,007 | [4] | |||
| September 11 | at Fordham* | W 24–6 | 3,580 | [5] | |||
| September 18 | Hofstra* | W 31–24 | 5,820 | [6] | |||
| September 25 | Brown* |
| W 42–35 | 9,264 | [7] | ||
| October 2 | Cornell* |
| W 35–13 | 14,400 | [8] | ||
| October 16 | at No. 24 Princeton* | L 23–31 | 11,120 | [9] | |||
| October 23 | at Colgate | W 36–32 | 4,000 | [10] | |||
| October 30 | Holy Cross |
| W 17–10 | 5,431 | [11] | ||
| November 6 | at Bucknell | L 27–32 | 5,255 | [12] | |||
| November 13 | at No. 11 Idaho* | L 14–77 | 12,132 | [13] | |||
| November 20 | Lafayette |
| W 39–14 | 15,412 | [14] | ||
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References
- "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 22. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- "Lehigh Football Captains". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 12. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 4. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- Tomashek, Tom (September 5, 1993). "Hens Light Up Lehigh 62-21". Sunday News Journal. Wilmington, Del. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
- Blockus, Gary R. (September 12, 1993). "Lehigh Grabs 1st Win". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Saturday's Summaries: East". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, N.C. September 12, 1993. p. 12D.
- Blockus, Gary R. (September 19, 1993). "Dedicated Engineers Win 31-24". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Saturday's Summaries: East". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, N.C. September 19, 1993. p. 12H.
- Blockus, Gary R. (September 26, 1993). "Lehigh's Late TD Holds Off Brown 42-35". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- Read, Dennis (October 4, 1993). "Lehigh Roughs Up the Red". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
- Canavan, Tom (October 17, 1993). "Princeton Beats Lehigh, 31-23, Moves to 5-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C10 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Colgate Can't Hold Lead in Loss to Lehigh". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. October 24, 1993. pp. 5D, 6D – via Newspapers.com.
- Blockus, Gary R. (October 31, 1993). "Crusading Cecchini Lifts Lehigh 17-10". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "New England Summaries: Lehigh, 17-10". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 31, 1993. p. 75.
- Couragen, Chris (November 7, 1993). "Bucknell Upsets Lehigh for 32-27 Win". The Danville News. Danville, Pa. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- Meehan, Jim (November 14, 1993). "Idaho Applies 77-14 Shellacking to Defenseless Lehigh". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Wash. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
- Meixell, Ted (November 21, 1993). "Lehigh Captures Patriot League Crown". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Saturday's Summaries: East". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, N.C. November 21, 1993. p. 11H.