1948 Lehigh Engineers football team
American college football season
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The 1948 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1948 college football season. Lehigh finished last in the Middle Three Conference In their third year under head coach Bill Leckonby, the Engineers compiled a 5–4 record,[1] 0–2 against conference opponents. DeForrest Bast was the team captain.[2] Lehigh played home games at Taylor Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record5–4 (0–2 Middle Three)
Headcoach
- Bill Leckonby (3rd season)
CaptainDeForrest Bast
| 1948 Lehigh Engineers football | |
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| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 5–4 (0–2 Middle Three) |
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| Captain | DeForrest Bast |
| 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 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lehigh was ranked at No. 145 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 25 | at Franklin & Marshall* | L 12–13 | 7,500 | [4] | |||
| October 2 | at Case Tech* | W 26–18 | 1,200 | [5] | |||
| October 9 | Drexel* | W 45–0 | 5,000 | [6] | |||
| October 16 | Gettysburg* |
| W 14–13 | 8,000 | [7] | ||
| October 23 | Rutgers |
| L 6–20 | 8,000 | [8] | ||
| October 30 | NYU* |
| L 20–21 | 9,000 | [9] | ||
| November 6 | Muhlenberg* |
| W 35–20 | 10,000 | [10] | ||
| November 13 | Carnegie Tech* |
| W 20–0 | 7,500 | [11] | ||
| November 20 | at Lafayette | L 13–23 | 21,000 | [12] | |||
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