1946 Lehigh Engineers football team
The 1946 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1946 college football season. In its first season under head coach Bill Leckonby, the team compiled a 2–6 record, and lost both games against its Middle Three Conference rivals.[1]
| 1946 Lehigh Engineers football | |
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| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 2–6 (0–2 Middle Three Conference) |
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| Home stadium | Taylor Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team played its home games at Taylor Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 21 | at Merchant Marine* |
| W 7–0 | 4,000 | [2] | ||
| September 28 | Gettysburg* |
| W 28–7 | 8,000 | [3] | ||
| October 5 | at Dickinson* |
| L 6–7 | 6,000 | [4] | ||
| October 26 | at Connecticut* |
| W 10–0 | 4,500 | [5] | ||
| November 2 | Muhlenberg* |
| L 7–40 | 10,000 | [6] | ||
| November 9 | NYU* |
| L 3–13 | 3,000 | [7] | ||
| November 16 | Rutgers |
| L 6–55 | 7,000 | [8] | ||
| November 23 | at Lafayette | L 0–13 | 15,000 | [9] | |||
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References
- "Lehigh Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 21. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- "Lehigh Conquers Kings Point by 7-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 22, 1946. p. S3.
- "Gettysburg Beats Lehigh by 19 to 14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 29, 1946. p. S5.
- "Dickinson Downs Lehigh as Game Nears End, 7-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 6, 1946. p. S5.
- Zaiman, Bob (October 27, 1946). "Connecticut Is Defeated by Lehigh". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
- "Mules Crush Lehigh, 40-7, for Their Sixth Straight Win". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. November 3, 1946. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- "NYU Breaks Old Jinx, Taking Lehigh in Taylor Stadium by 13-3 Score". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. November 10, 1946. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Rutgers Crushes Lehigh by 55 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 17, 1946. p. S2.
- Nichols, Joseph C. (November 24, 1946). "Lafayette Defeats Lehigh for 51st Time in Their 82d Meeting on Gridiron". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S3.
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