In their sixth year under head coach Hank Small, the Engineers compiled a 9–2 record.
[1] Rich Clark, Jarrod Johnson and Glenn Kempa were the team captains.
Lehigh's 3–2 conference record earned a three-way tie for second place in the six-team Patriot League standings.
[3] A six-game win streak to start the year resulted in Lehigh appearing in the weekly national rankings from mid-October to early November.
Lehigh played its home games at Goodman Stadium on the university's Goodman Campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.