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| JMU S Dean Marlowe (AP) |
The Dukes have only met Lehigh twice in their history. One time was the "7th-and-goal" game in the I-AA playoffs.
The other was back in 1980, during one of the more stellar Engineer football seasons under head coach John Whitehead.
The Brown and White played a tough schedule, including Colgate, Army, and five teams that would, at one point, end up in the CAA: Delaware, Maine, Rhode Island, Northeastern, and, of course, JMU.
Lehigh went 9-0-2 that regular season, thanks to the efforts of WR Mark Yeager, one of the best wideouts in the small-college circuit. The ties came against Colgate and Army, which meant the Engineers would win the Lambert Cup with ease. They'd lose in the I-AA playoffs to Eastern Kentucky, coached by hall-of-famer Roy Kidd.
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