1950 Lehigh Engineers football team
| 1950 Lehigh Engineers football | |
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Middle Three champion | |
| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 9–0 (2–0 Middle Three) |
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| Home stadium | Taylor Stadium |
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| Lehigh $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1950 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1950 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Bill Leckonby, the team compiled a 9–0 record (their first undefeated record in the football program's history) and won the Middle Three Conference championship. The Engineers outscored their opponents 301 to 77. Lehigh played home games at Taylor Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 23 | Delaware* | W 21–0 | 6,000 | [1] | ||
| September 30 | at Case Tech* | W 21–0 | 3,000 | [2] | ||
| October 7 | at Bucknell* | W 27–20 | 5,500 | [3] | ||
| October 14 | Gettysburg* |
| W 49–6 | 7,500 | [4] | |
| October 21 | at Dartmouth* | W 16–6 | 12,350 | [5] | ||
| October 28 | Rutgers |
| W 21–14 | 12,000 | [6] | |
| November 4 | Muhlenberg* |
| W 42–18 | 10,000 | [7] | |
| November 11 | Carnegie Tech* | No. 20 |
| W 66–13 | 12,000 | [8] |
| November 18 | at Lafayette |
| W 38–0 | 20,000 | [9] | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Lehigh Gets 21-0 Win over Delaware as Engineers Uncork Fine Ground Attack". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. September 24, 1950. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Doyne Scores Three Times as Lehigh's Engineers Shade Case Institute, 21 to 20". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. Associated Press. October 1, 1950. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lehigh Ruins Mathewson Day for Bucknell". The Scrantonian. Scranton, Pa. Associated Press. October 8, 1950. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Undefeated Lehigh Gridders Hand Bullets 49-6 Setback". The Gettysburg Times. Gettysburg, Pa. October 16, 1950. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lehigh Upsets Dartmouth, 16-14, Doyne and Gabriel Leading Drive". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 22, 1950. p. S1.
- ^ "Lehigh Dumps Rutgers, 21-18". Asbury Park Sunday Press. Asbury Park, N.J. Associated Press. October 29, 1950. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lehigh Whips Mules, 42-13". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. November 5, 1950. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lehigh Stops Carnegie Tech, Stays Unbeaten". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. November 12, 1950. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lehigh Wallops Lafayette". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. November 19, 1950. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Lehigh)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
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