1980 Lehigh Engineers football team

The 1980 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lehigh went undefeated through the regular season and was the No. 1-ranked team in Division I-AA, but lost its national semifinal game.

1980 Lehigh Engineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–1–2
Head coach
Captains
  • Mike Crowe
  • Mark Yeager
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
1980 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Lehigh ^    9 1 2
No. 6 Delaware    9 2 0
Southeastern Louisiana    8 2 0
No. 8 Northwestern State    8 3 0
Portland State    8 3 0
Bucknell    6 4 0
James Madison    4 6 0
Lafayette    3 7 0
Nicholls State    2 9 0
Northeastern    2 9 0
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

In their fifth year under head coach John Whitehead, the Engineers compiled a 9–1–2 record (9–0–2 in the regular season). Mike Crowe and Mark Yeager were the team captains.

The Engineers' participation in the 1980 Division I-AA playoff marked their third year of postseason play in a four-year stretch, beginning with the NCAA Division II Football Championship in 1977, and continuing with their loss in the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game.

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

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