| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 1980 |
| Team: | Lehigh Engineers |
| Conference: | independent |
| Record: | 9–1–2 |
| Head Coach: | John Whitehead |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Captain: | Mike Crowe |
| Captain2: | Mark Yeager |
| Stadium: | Taylor Stadium |
| Bowl: | Division I-AA Semifinal |
| Bowl Result: | L 20–23 vs Eastern Kentucky |
The 1980 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lehigh went undefeated through the regular season and was the No. 1-ranked team in Division I-AA, but lost its national semifinal game.
In their fifth year under head coach John Whitehead, the Engineers compiled a 9–1–2 record (9–0–2 in the regular season).[1] Mike Crowe and Mark Yeager were the team captains.[2]
The Engineers' participation in the 1980 Division I-AA playoff marked their third year of postseason play in a four-year stretch, beginning with the NCAA Division II Football Championship in 1977, and continuing with their loss in the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game.
Lehigh played its home games at Taylor Stadium on the university's main campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.