1970 Lehigh Engineers football team

The 1970 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season.

1970 Lehigh Engineers football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–6
Head coach	Fred Dunlap (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	John Whitehead (2nd season)
Captains	Thad Jamula Geo Nicholson
Home stadium	Taylor Stadium
Seasons ← 1969 1971 →

1970 NCAA College Division independents football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Tampa			–					10	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Tennessee State			–					10	–	0	–	0
No. 11 Delaware			–					9	–	2	–	0
Hawaii			–					9	–	2	–	0
Northern Michigan			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Eastern Michigan			–					7	–	2	–	1
Mankato State			–					7	–	2	–	1
Akron			–					7	–	3	–	0
Central Michigan			–					7	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	3	–	0
Drake			–					7	–	4	–	0
Wayne State (MI)			–					6	–	2	–	0
Arkansas AM&N			–					6	–	3	–	0
Southern Illinois			–					6	–	3	–	0
St. Norbert			–					6	–	3	–	0
Nevada			–					6	–	3	–	1
Portland State			–					6	–	4	–	0
UNLV			–					6	–	4	–	0
Boston University			–					5	–	4	–	0
Cortland			–					5	–	4	–	0
Indiana (PA)			–					5	–	4	–	0
Santa Clara			–					5	–	4	–	1
Lafayette			–					6	–	5	–	0
Colorado College			–					4	–	4	–	0
Drexel			–					4	–	4	–	0
Hofstra			–					5	–	5	–	0
Indiana State			–					5	–	5	–	0
Samford			–					5	–	5	–	0
Wabash			–					3	–	3	–	2
Saint Mary's			–					3	–	4	–	0
Ashland			–					4	–	6	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	6	–	0
Lehigh			–					4	–	6	–	0
Rose Poly			–					3	–	5	–	1
Northeastern			–					3	–	5	–	0
Indiana Central			–					3	–	6	–	0
Lake Forest			–					3	–	6	–	0
Kentucky State			–					3	–	6	–	0
Chicago			–					2	–	5	–	0
Chattanooga			–					3	–	8	–	0
Parsons			–					2	–	7	–	0
Eastern Illinois			–					2	–	8	–	0
Milwaukee			–					1	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP small college poll

In their sixth year under head coach Fred Dunlap, the Engineers compiled a 4–6 record.^[1] Thad Jamula and Geo Nicholson were the team captains.^[2]

Following the decision by the Middle Atlantic Conference to end football competition in its University Division, the Engineers competed as a football independent in 1970, though five of the former league rivals (Bucknell, Delaware, Gettysburg, Lafayette and Lehigh) continued to play an informal round-robin called the "Middle Five".^[3]

The three-way rivalry with Lafayette and Rutgers remained on Lehigh's football schedule, but press reports in 1970 make no mention of a Middle Three Conference champion.

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	C.W. Post	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 7–0	8,000	[4]
September 26	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–24	10,400–10,406	[5]
October 3	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 14–41	13,000	[6]
October 10	Rutgers	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 7–0	12,000	[7]
October 17	at Drexel	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–6	5,000–7,000	[8]
October 24	at Gettysburg	Musselman Stadium Gettysburg, PA	W 34–15	4,000–4,250	[9]
October 31	at Colgate	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	L 12–21	4,600	[10]
November 7	No. 8 Delaware	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	W 36–13	13,000	[11]
November 14	Bucknell	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 20–24	7,000	[12]
November 21	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA (The Rivalry)	L 28–31	17,000	[13]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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