The 1974 Lehigh Engineers football team was an

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team that represented

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as an

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during the

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. In their tenth year under head coach

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, 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 national NCAA small-college coaches 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

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on the university campus in

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