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1981 Lehigh Engineers football team
American college football season
The 1981 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1981 NCAA Division I-AA football season.
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 8–3 |
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| Home stadium | Taylor Stadium |
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| No. 8 Lafayette | – | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Delaware ^ | – | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Tennessee State ^ | – | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholls State | – | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | – | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Madison | – | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their sixth year under head coach John Whitehead, the Engineers compiled an 8–3 record.[1] Joe Macellara and Larry Michalski were the team captains.[2]
Lehigh played its home games at Taylor Stadium on the university's main campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
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| September 12 | Maine |
| W 24–10 | 10,000 | [3] | |||
| September 19 | at Colgate | L 14–27 | 5,800 | [4] | ||||
| September 26 | Penn |
| W 58–0 | 11,436 | [5] | |||
| October 3 | at No. 1 Delaware | W 24–21 | 22,784 | [6] | ||||
| October 10 | Connecticut | No. 6 |
| W 21–17 | 11,874 | [7] | ||
| October 17 | at No. 10 New Hampshire | No. 5 | L 12–13 | 17,500 | [8] | |||
| October 24 | at Bucknell | No. 10 | W 18–0 | 8,800 | [9] | |||
| October 31 | Davidson | No. 9 |
| W 69–7 | [1] | |||
| November 7 | Millersville | No. 8 |
| W 40–7 | 10,000 | [10] | ||
| November 14 | at Northeastern | No. 8 | W 23–20 | 3,240 | [11] | |||
| November 21 | Lafayette | No. 6 |
| L 3–10 | 19,000 | [12] | ||
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- "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 22. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- "Lehigh Football Captains". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 12. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- Larimer, Terry (September 13, 1981). "Lehigh Routs Maine, 24-10". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- Larimer, Terry (September 20, 1981). "Colgate Tops Lehigh Behind Frosh QB". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- Shister, Gail (September 27, 1981). "Punchless Penn Falls to Earth -- and Lehigh, 58-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 9-D – via Newspapers.com.
- Simmons, Bill (October 4, 1981). "Lehigh Rallies from Big Deficit, Beats Delaware". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 9-F – via Newspapers.com.
- "Lehigh Tips Connecticut". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. United Press International. October 11, 1981. p. 69 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Stevens, New Hampshire Shock Lehigh". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 18, 1981. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
- Larimer, Terry (October 25, 1981). "Engineers Win 18-0 in a 'Typical' Lehigh-Bucknell Clash". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
- Larimer, Terry (November 8, 1981). "Lehigh Romps While Lafayette Falls Short; Engineers Too Tough for II Foe". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- Ballou, Art (November 15, 1981). "NU Almost Engineers the Big Upset". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 81 – via Newspapers.com.
- Larimer, Terry (November 22, 1981). "Lafayette Stops Lehigh; Leopards' Defense Ruins Engineers' Bid to Reach Playoffs". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.