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
ConferencePatriot League
1993 record7–4 (4–1 Patriot)
Head coach
Captains
  • Dave Cecchini
  • Lance Haynes
Home stadiumGoodman Stadium
1993 Patriot League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 4 at No. 5 Delaware*
L 21–62 14,007 [4]
September 11 at Fordham*
W 24–6 3,580 [5]
September 18 Hofstra*
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*
L 23–31 11,120 [9]
October 23 at Colgate
W 36–32 4,000 [10]
October 30 Holy Cross
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 17–10 5,431 [11]
November 6 at Bucknell
L 27–32 5,255 [12]
November 13 at No. 11 Idaho*
L 14–77 12,132 [13]
November 20 Lafayette
W 39–14 15,412 [14]

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.
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