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
Patriot League champion
Conference	Patriot League
1993 record	7–4 (4–1 Patriot)
Head coach	Hank Small (8th season)
Captains	Dave Cecchini Lance Haynes
Home stadium	Goodman Stadium

1993 Patriot League football standings
	Conf							Overall
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
$ – Conference champion

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
September 4	at No. 5 Delaware*	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (rivalry)	L 21–62	14,007	[4]
September 11	at Fordham*	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	W 24–6	3,580	[5]
September 18	Hofstra*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 31–24	5,820	[6]
September 25	Brown*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 42–35	9,264	[7]
October 2	Cornell*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 35–13	14,400	[8]
October 16	at No. 24 Princeton*	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 23–31	11,120	[9]
October 23	at Colgate	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	W 36–32	4,000	[10]
October 30	Holy Cross	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 17–10	5,431	[11]
November 6	at Bucknell	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 27–32	5,255	[12]
November 13	at No. 11 Idaho*	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	L 14–77	12,132	[13]
November 20	Lafayette	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA (The Rivalry)	W 39–14	15,412	[14]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the 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. Tomashek, Tom (September 5, 1993). "Hens Light Up Lehigh 62-21". Sunday News Journal. Wilmington, Del. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Read, Dennis (October 4, 1993). "Lehigh Roughs Up the Red". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
9. Canavan, Tom (October 17, 1993). "Princeton Beats Lehigh, 31-23, Moves to 5-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C10 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "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.
11. 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.
12. Couragen, Chris (November 7, 1993). "Bucknell Upsets Lehigh for 32-27 Win". The Danville News. Danville, Pa. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
13. Meehan, Jim (November 14, 1993). "Idaho Applies 77-14 Shellacking to Defenseless Lehigh". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Wash. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
14. 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.