1940 Lehigh Engineers football team
American college football season
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The 1940 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1940 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Glen Harmeson, the team compiled a 2–7 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
Record2–7 (0–2 Middle Three)
Headcoach
- Glen Harmeson (7th season)
CaptainWilliam Hauseman
| 1940 Lehigh Engineers football | |
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| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 2–7 (0–2 Middle Three) |
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| Captain | William Hauseman |
| Home stadium | Taylor Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Lafayette $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lehigh was ranked at No. 399 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 28 | at Virginia* | L 0–32 | 10,000 | [3] | ||||
| October 5 | 2:00 p.m. | at Case* | L 6–25 | 2,200 | [4][5] | |||
| October 12 | Rutgers |
| L 0–34 | 5,000 | [6] | |||
| October 19 | Penn State* |
| L 0–34 | 3,000 | [7] | |||
| October 26 | Hampden–Sydney* |
| W 12–7 | 5,000 | [8] | |||
| November 2 | Haverford* |
| L 7–18 | 2,000 | [9] | |||
| November 9 | Muhlenberg* |
| L 6–20 | 6,000 | [10] | |||
| November 16 | Lowell Textile* |
| W 40–7 | [1] | ||||
| November 23 | at Lafayette | L 0–46 | 15,000 | [11] | ||||
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