1994 Lehigh Engineers football team

The 1994 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1994 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lehigh tied for second in the Patriot League.

1994 Lehigh Engineers football
ConferencePatriot League
Record5–5–1 (3–2 Patriot)
Head coach
Captains
  • Dan Gormsen
  • Sam Lawler
Home stadiumGoodman Stadium
1994 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lafayette $ 5 0 05 6 0
Lehigh 3 2 05 5 1
Holy Cross 3 2 03 8 0
Bucknell 2 3 05 6 0
Colgate 2 3 03 8 0
Fordham 0 5 00 11 0
  • $ Conference champion

In their first year under head coach Kevin Higgins, the Engineers compiled a 5–5–1 record.[1] Dan Gormsen and Sam Lawler were the team captains.[2]

The Engineers were outscored 314 to 307. Their 3–2 conference record, however, tied for second place in the six-team Patriot League standings.[3]

Lehigh played its home games at Goodman Stadium on the university's Goodman Campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 10 Fordham W 38–7 9,023 [4]
September 17 at Buffalo* W 48–19 [1]
September 24 Columbia*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
T 28–28 10,585 [5]
October 1 at Cornell* L 17–21 8,635 [6]
October 8 at Yale* W 36–32 13,676 [7]
October 15 at New Hampshire* L 10–42 13,301 [8]
October 22 Bucknell
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 27–31 13,101 [9]
October 29 Colgate
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 25–22 9,027 [10]
November 5 Delaware*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)
L 29–45 10,480 [11]
November 12 at Holy Cross W 29–13 7,914 [12]
November 19 at Lafayette L 20–54 13,734 [13]
  • *Non-conference game

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. "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.
  4. Blockus, Gary R. (September 11, 1994). "Engineers Pass First Test 38-7". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Blockus, Gary R. (September 25, 1994). "Lehigh Escapes Columbia with Tie". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Read, Dennis (October 3, 1994). "Red Runs Over Lehigh; Cornell 3-0 and Rolling". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B via Newspapers.com.
  7. Blockus, Gary R. (October 9, 1994). "Lehigh's Dreams Come True; Aylsworth's Passing Leads Way Past Yale". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 via Newspapers.com.
  8. Lessels, Allen (October 16, 1994). "Shot in the Arm for UNH". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 66 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Blockus, Gary R. (October 23, 1994). "Bucknell Bounces Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Blockus, Gary R. (October 30, 1994). "Putting It Quite Bluntly, Lehigh Tops Colgate". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 via Newspapers.com.
  11. Tomashek, Tom (November 6, 1994). "Blue Hens Roll Over Engineers". Sunday News Journal. Wilmington, Del. p. C1 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Holy Cross Doesn't Fare Well". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 13, 1994. p. 63 via Newspapers.com.
  13. Blockus, Gary R. (November 20, 1994). "Lafayette Captures Patriot: Routs Rival Lehigh 54-20; 214 for Marsh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 via Newspapers.com.
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