3 in Division I-AA and qualified for the four-team national playoff.
They won their semifinal but lost the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game.
In their fourth year under head coach John Whitehead, the Engineers compiled a 10–3 record (9–2 in the regular season).
[1] Rich Andres, Jim McCormick and Eric Yaszemski were the team captains.
Lehigh played its home games at Taylor Stadium on the university's main campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.