1976 Lehigh Engineers football team

The 1976 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season.

1976 Lehigh Engineers football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–5
Head coach	John Whitehead (1st season)
Captains	John Healy Marc Orcutt
Home stadium	Taylor Stadium

1976 NCAA Division II independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Northern Michigan ^			–					11	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Akron ^			–					10	–	3	–	0
No. 7 UNLV ^			–					9	–	3	–	0
No. 4 Delaware ^			–					8	–	3	–	1
Nevada			–					8	–	3	–	0
Portland State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Tennessee State			–					7	–	2	–	1
American International			–					6	–	3	–	0
Northern Colorado			–					6	–	3	–	0
Madison			–					7	–	4	–	0
Santa Clara			–					7	–	4	–	0
Western Carolina			–					6	–	4	–	0
Chattanooga			–					6	–	4	–	1
Southern Connecticut State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Central State (OH)			–					6	–	5	–	0
Lehigh			–					6	–	5	–	0
Cal State Los Angeles			–					5	–	3	–	1
Arkansas–Pine Bluff			–					5	–	5	–	0
Central Connecticut			–					5	–	5	–	0
Lafayette			–					5	–	5	–	0
Eastern Illinois			–					5	–	6	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	5	–	0
Youngstown State			–					4	–	6	–	0
Kentucky State			–					3	–	7	–	1
Nebraska–Omaha			–					3	–	8	–	0
Northeastern			–					2	–	7	–	0
^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from Associated Press poll

In their first year under head coach John Whitehead, the Engineers compiled a 6–5 record. John Healy and Marc Orcutt were the team captains.

After starting the season with three wins, the Engineers briefly appeared in the national Division II coaches poll rankings, at No. 6. A loss to Division I opponent Yale dropped them to No. 9. Following a loss the next week to Division II rival Bucknell, they fell 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 11	Kutztown	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 29–6	9,500
September 18	Baldwin–Wallace	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 21–14	8,500
September 24	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 24–20	9,300–9,305
October 2	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 6–21	13,000–13,034
October 9	at Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 0–3	5,000
October 16	Rutgers	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 21–28	15,000
October 23	at Maine	Alumni Stadium Orono, ME	W 24–0	7,600
October 30	Gettysburg	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 56–15	9,500
November 6	Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 20–21	16,743
November 13	C.W. Post	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 17–10	7,000
November 20	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA (The Rivalry)	L 17–21	15,000