1989 Lehigh Engineers football team

The 1989 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lehigh tied for last in the Colonial League.

1989 Lehigh Engineers football
ConferenceColonial League
1989 record5–6 (1–3 Colonial)
Head coach
Captains
  • Vance Cassell
  • John Masonis
Home stadiumGoodman Stadium
1989 Colonial League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. T–4 Holy Cross $ 4 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
Bucknell 2 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Lafayette 2 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Lehigh 1 –3 –0  5 –6 –0
Colgate 1 –3 –0  4 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

In their fourth year under head coach Hank Small, the Engineers compiled a 5–6 record.[1] Vance Cassell and John Masonis were the team captains.[2]

Despite posting a losing record, the Engineers outscored opponents 371 to 360. Lehigh's 1–3 conference record tied for fourth in the five-team Colonial League standings.[3]

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9 at Fordham*
W 42–7 [1]
September 16 No. 15 UMass*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 23–42 6,000 [4]
September 23 at Yale*
L 17–33 9,907 [5]
September 30 Towson State*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 48–39 8,522 [6]
October 7 at Harvard*
W 50–28 11,200 [7]
October 14 at Bucknell
W 52–6 8,300 [8]
October 21 Northeastern*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 33–13 11,223 [9]
October 28 at William & Mary*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 39–55 10,824 [10]
November 4 at Colgate
L 30–46 5,500 [11]
November 11 No. 6 Holy Cross
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 16–55 7,727 [12]
November 18 Lafayette
L 21–36 18,623 [13]

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. 2. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  4. Fox, John W. (September 17, 1989). "Lehigh's 1,000th Game Spoiled by UMass 42-23". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Smith, George (September 24, 1989). "Kehler (3 TDs) Shines in the Mud as Yale Tips Lehigh". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D15 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Lehigh 48, Towson State 39". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 1, 1989. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Powers, John (October 8, 1989). "Lehigh Humbles Harvard, 50-28". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 64 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure from boxscore at "Lehigh 50, Harvard 28". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 8, 1989. p. S9.
  8. Fox, John Jay (October 15, 1989). "Bison Pay for Insult". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Rieber, Anthony (October 22, 1989). "Lehigh Topples Northeastern". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 72 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Denn, Charlie (October 29, 1989). "Explosive W&M Outguns Lehigh's Vaunted Offense". Daily Press. Newport News, Va. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Fox, John Jay (November 5, 1989). "Goodwin Guides Colgate to 46-30 Win over Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Albright, Mike (November 12, 1989). "Holy Cross Stifles Lehigh". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 66 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. Fox, John Jay (September 28, 1989). "Lafayette's Balance Stops Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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