1977 Lehigh Engineers football team
The 1977 Lehigh Engineers football team represented Lehigh University during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season, and completed the 94th season of Engineers football. The Engineers played their home games at Taylor Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The 1977 team came off a 6–5 record from the previous season.[1] The team was led by coach John Whitehead. The team finished the regular season with a 9–2 record and made the NCAA Division II playoffs. The Engineers defeated the Jacksonville State Gamecocks 33–0 in the National Championship Game en route to the program's first NCAA Division II Football Championship.[2]
| 1977 Lehigh Engineers football | |
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NCAA Division II national champion | |
NCAA Division II Championship Game, W 33–0 vs. Jacksonville State | |
| Conference | Independent |
| 1977 record | 12–2 |
| Head coach | John Whitehead (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Taylor Stadium |
| 1977 NCAA Division II independents football records | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Lehigh ^ | – | 12 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | – | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–5 Nevada | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Michigan | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland State | – | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware | – | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Akron | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central State (OH) | – | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | – | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Los Angeles | – | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | – | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Colorado | – | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | – | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 10 | Connecticut | W 49–0 | |||
| September 17 | at Baldwin–Wallace |
| L 21–14 | ||
| September 24 | Penn |
| W 19–7 | ||
| October 1 | at Davidson | W 43–7 | |||
| October 8 | at Rhode Island | W 42–16 | |||
| October 15 | at Rutgers | L 0–20 | |||
| October 22 | VMI |
| W 30–20 | ||
| October 29 | Bucknell |
| W 47–13 | ||
| November 5 | at Gettysburg |
| W 47–0 | ||
| November 12 | C.W. Post | No. T–10 |
| W 36–10 | |
| November 19 | Lafayette | No. 8 |
| W 35–17 | |
| November 26 | at No. 2 UMass | No. 8 | W 30–23 | ||
| December 3 | at No. 3 UC Davis | No. 8 |
| W 30–23 | |
| December 10 | vs. No. 9 Jacksonville State | No. 8 | W 33–0 | 14,114 | |
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References
- "Lehigh Mountain Hawks -- College Football (NCAA)". Retrieved October 8, 2016.
- DeLassus, David (2016). "Lehigh Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- "Lehigh Football Record Book" (PDF). Lehigh Athletics. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
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