1939 Lehigh Engineers football team
American college football season
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The 1939 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1939 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Glen Harmeson, the team compiled a 3â6 record, and lost both games against its Middle Three Conference rivals.[1] Lehigh played home games at Taylor Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record3â6 (0â2 Middle Three)
Headcoach
- Glen Harmeson (6th season)
CaptainAlfred Cox
| 1939 Lehigh Engineers football | |
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| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 3â6 (0â2 Middle Three) |
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| Captain | Alfred Cox |
| Home stadium | Taylor Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers $ | 2 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 1 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 1 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 6 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lehigh was ranked at No. 297 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 30 | Alfred* |
| L 0â7 | [1] | |||
| October 7 | Case* |
| L 13â20 | [1] | |||
| October 14 | at Penn State* | L 7â49 | 10,000 | [3] | |||
| October 21 | Buffalo* |
| W 22â0 | 5,000 | [4] | ||
| October 28 | at Rutgers | L 6â20 | 8,500 | [5] | |||
| November 4 | Haverford* |
| W 20â13 | [1] | |||
| November 11 | Muhlenberg* |
| L 0â23 | 7,000 | [6] | ||
| November 18 | Delaware* |
| W 39â7 | 4,000 | [7] | ||
| November 25 | Lafayette |
| L 13â29 | 13,000 | [8][9] | ||
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