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
Record	7–4 (4–1 Patriot)
Head coach	Hank Small (8th season)
Captains	Dave Cecchini Lance Haynes
Home stadium	Goodman Stadium
Seasons ← 1992 1994 →

1993 Patriot League football standings

v t e	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