1991 Lehigh Engineers football team

American college football season

1991 Lehigh Engineers football

Conference| Patriot League
Record| 9–2 (3–2 Patriot)
Head coach|

* Hank Small (6th season)

Captains|

* Rich Clark
* Jarrod Johnson
* Glenn Kempa

Home stadium| Goodman Stadium

Seasons

<- 1990

1992 ->

1991 Patriot League football standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 3 Holy Cross $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 11  | - | 0  | - | 0
Lehigh | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 0
Lafayette | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Colgate | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 7  | - | 0
Bucknell | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 9  | - | 0
Fordham | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1991 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lehigh tied for second in the Patriot League.

In their sixth year under head coach Hank Small, the Engineers compiled a 9–2 record.[1] Rich Clark, Jarrod Johnson and Glenn Kempa were the team captains.[2]

The Engineers outscored opponents 363 to 235. Lehigh's 3–2 conference record earned a three-way tie for second place in the six-team Patriot League standings.[3]

A six-game win streak to start the year resulted in Lehigh appearing in the weekly national rankings from mid-October to early November. A loss to unranked Colgate bounced the Engineers from the top 20, and they finished the year unranked.

Lehigh played its home games at Goodman Stadium on the university's Goodman Campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 14 | at Fordham |  |

* Coffey Field
* Bronx, NY

| W 32–7|  4,300 |  [4]
September 21 | at Connecticut* |  |

* Memorial Stadium
* Storrs, CT

| W 35–19|  13,112 |  [5]
September 28 | at Columbia* |  |

* Wien Stadium
* New York, NY

| W 22–9|  4,045 |  [6]
October 5 |  Dartmouth* |  |

* Goodman Stadium
* Bethlehem, PA

| W 30–28|  12,000 |  [7]
October 12 | at Northeastern* |  |

* Goodman Stadium
* Bethlehem, PA

| W 35–22|  5,012 |  [8]
October 19 |  Penn* | No. 20 |

* Goodman Stadium
* Bethlehem, PA

| W 28–17|  10,394 |  [9]
October 26 | at No. 3 Holy Cross | No. 19 |

* Fitton Field
* Worcester, MA

| L 42–43|  14,055 |  [10]
November 2 |  William & Mary* | No. 20 |

* Goodman Stadium
* Bethlehem, PA

| W 41–37|  11,083 |  [11]
November 9 | at Colgate | No. 17 |

* Andy Kerr Stadium
* Hamilton, NY

| L 21–22|  2,500 |  [12]
November 16 | at Bucknell |  |

* Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium
* Lewisburg, PA

| W 41–13|  3,144 |  [13]
November 23 |  Lafayette |  |

* Goodman Stadium
* Bethlehem, PA (The Rivalry)

| W 36–18|  19,110 |  [14]

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

## References[edit]

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. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
4. ^ "In a Four-Quarter Game, 3 Good Ones Please Rams". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 15, 1991. p. S4.
5. ^ Smith, George (September 22, 1991). "UConn (0-3) Makes It Easy for Lehigh". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E9 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ Blockus, Gary R. (September 29, 1991). "Lehigh Escapes 22-9 Against Columbia". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ Blockus, Gary R. (October 6, 1991). "Engineers Prove Their Courage". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ Greenidge, Jim (October 13, 1991). "Lehigh Mixes It Up to Halt NU". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 68 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ Blockus, Gary R. (October 20, 1991). "Lehigh Rallies from 11 Down to Stun Winless Penn 28-17". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ Blockus, Gary R. (October 27, 1991). "No. 3 Holy Cross Outlasts Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ Fairbank, Dave (November 3, 1991). "A Second Tribe Foe Engineers Big Day". Daily Press. Newport News, Va. p. D1 - via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ "'Gate Ekes Out Win on Late TD". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. November 10, 1991. pp. 9C, 10C - via Newspapers.com.
13. ^ Marshall, Cory (November 17, 1991). "Henesey Gets Mark, but Bison Lose". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. pp. C3, C10 - via Newspapers.com.
14. ^ Meixell, Ted (November 24, 1991). "Kempa Steers Lehigh to 36-18 Win". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C3 - via Newspapers.com.

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