1943 Lehigh Engineers football team

The 1943 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1943 college football season. In its first season under head coach Leo Prendergast, the team compiled a 0–5–1 record, and lost all four games against its Middle Three Conference rivals.^[1] Lehigh played home games at Taylor Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Lehigh ranked 226th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 27.1.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 16	at Carnegie Tech*	Pittsburgh, PA	T 0–0
October 23	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA (rivalry)	L 7–39		^[3]
October 30	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 6–26	2,500	^[4]
November 6	West Virginia*	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 6–53		^[5]
November 13	Rutgers	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 0–20		^[6]
November 27	Lafayette	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	L 0–58	3,500	^[7]
*Non-conference game

^ "Lehigh Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 21. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
^ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 24, 1943). "Lafayette Eleven Halts Lehigh, 39-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Jack Lewis (October 31, 1943). "Rutgers Crushes Lehigh by 26-0 in Opening Game". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, New Jersey. pp. 1, 18 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "West Va. Crushes Lehigh, 53 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 7, 1943. p. S2.
^ "Rutgers Sets Back Lehigh Again, 20-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 14, 1943. p. S2.
^ Richardson, William D. (November 28, 1943). "Lafayette Power Routs Lehigh, 58-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.

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