1971 Lehigh Engineers football team

1971 Lehigh Engineers football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–3
Head coach	Fred Dunlap (7th season)
Captains	John Hill Gary Scheib
Home stadium	Taylor Stadium

1971 NCAA College Division independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Delaware			–					10	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Tennessee State			–					9	–	1	–	0
No. 2 McNeese State			–					9	–	1	–	1
Colorado College			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Akron			–					8	–	2	–	0
Samford			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Eastern Michigan			–					7	–	1	–	2
Arkansas AM&N			–					7	–	2	–	0
Indiana (PA)			–					7	–	2	–	0
Kentucky State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Appalachian State			–					7	–	3	–	1
Northern Michigan			–					7	–	3	–	0
Hawaii			–					7	–	4	–	0
Ashland			–					6	–	4	–	0
Santa Clara			–					6	–	4	–	0
Southern Illinois			–					6	–	4	–	0
Tampa			–					6	–	5	–	0
UNLV			–					5	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					5	–	5	–	0
Central Michigan			–					5	–	5	–	0
Milwaukee			–					5	–	5	–	0
Nevada			–					5	–	5	–	0
St. Norbert			–					5	–	5	–	0
Wayne State (MI)			–					4	–	4	–	0
Hofstra			–					5	–	6	–	0
Cortland			–					4	–	5	–	0
Northeastern			–					4	–	5	–	0
Portland State			–					4	–	5	–	0
Chicago			–					3	–	4	–	0
Northeast Louisiana			–					4	–	6	–	1
Eastern Illinois			–					4	–	6	–	0
Indiana State			–					4	–	6	–	0
Saint Mary's			–					3	–	5	–	0
Rose-Hulman			–					3	–	6	–	0
Boston University			–					3	–	7	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	6	–	0
Chattanooga			–					2	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP small college poll

The 1971 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season.

In their seventh year under head coach Fred Dunlap, the Engineers compiled an 8–3 record. John Hill and Gary Scheib were the team captains.

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	Hofstra	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 28–0	6,500
September 18	C.W. Post	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 24–14	8,000
September 25	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 14–28	12,236
October 2	at Vermont	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	W 49–8	7,200–7,352
October 9	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 35–14	12,000
October 16	Drexel	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 48–20	8,500
October 23	Gettysburg	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 50–0	11,600
October 30	Colgate	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 21–30	10,800
November 6	at No. 3 Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (rivalry)	L 22–49	21,191
November 13	at Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 23–0	7,500
November 20	Lafayette	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA (The Rivalry)	W 48–19	15,000–17,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game