1974 Lehigh Engineers football team

The 1974 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1974 NCAA Division II football season.

1974 Lehigh Engineers football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–3
Head coach	Fred Dunlap (10th season)
Captains	Jim Addonizio Joe Alleva
Home stadium	Taylor Stadium

1974 NCAA Division II independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Central Michigan ^			–					12	–	1	–	0
No. 6 UNLV ^			–					12	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Delaware ^			–					12	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Western Carolina ^			–					9	–	2	–	0
No. 9 Tennessee State			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Youngstown State ^			–					8	–	2	–	0
Santa Clara			–					7	–	3	–	0
Wayne State (MI)			–					7	–	3	–	0
Kentucky State			–					6	–	4	–	0
Northeastern			–					6	–	4	–	0
Central State (OH)			–					6	–	5	–	0
Akron			–					5	–	5	–	0
Indiana State			–					5	–	5	–	0
Nevada			–					5	–	6	–	0
Portland State			–					5	–	6	–	0
American International			–					4	–	5	–	0
Eastern Michigan			–					4	–	6	–	1
Milwaukee			–					4	–	6	–	0
Northeast Louisiana			–					4	–	6	–	0
Eastern Illinois			–					3	–	6	–	1
Arkansas–Pine Bluff			–					3	–	5	–	0
Chattanooga			–					4	–	7	–	0
Nebraska–Omaha			–					3	–	7	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	8	–	0
Northern Michigan			–					0	–	10	–	0
^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from AP small college poll

In their tenth year under head coach Fred Dunlap, the Engineers compiled a 7–3 record. Jim Addonizio and Joe Alleva were the team captains.

After starting the season with two wins, the Engineers briefly appeared in the UPI small college poll, ranking No. 15 for the last full week of September. A loss that weekend to Division I opponent Penn dropped them out of the top 20. Lehigh remained unranked the rest of the year.

Lehigh played its home games at Taylor Stadium on the university campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	Hofstra	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 40–0	8,000
September 21	at Colgate	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	W 33–12	4,500
September 27	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 18–28	17,855
October 12	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 16–37	17,500
October 19	at No. 3 Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (rivalry)	L 7–14	14,500
October 26	at Maine	Alumni Stadium Orono, ME	W 35–26	3,300–5,000
November 2	Gettysburg	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 14–6	13,000
November 9	Davidson	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 53–6	7,000
November 16	Bucknell	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 33–7	10,300
November 23	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA (The Rivalry)	W 57–7	16,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game