1954 Lehigh Engineers football team
American college football season
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1954 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1954 college football season. Lehigh tied for the Middle Three Conference championship.
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record2–5–2 (1–1 Middle Three)
Headcoach
- Bill Leckonby (9th season)
CaptainHarry Stotz
| 1954 Lehigh Engineers football | |
|---|---|
Middle Three co-champion | |
| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 2–5–2 (1–1 Middle Three) |
| Head coach |
|
| Captain | Harry Stotz |
| Home stadium | Taylor Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh + | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers + | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette + | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In their ninth year under head coach Bill Leckonby, the Engineers compiled a 2–5–2 record.[1] In the Middle Three Conference, all three teams finished with 1–1 records. Harry Stotz was the team captain.[2]
Lehigh played its home games at Taylor Stadium on the university's main campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 25 | at Virginia* | L 21–27 | 12,000 | [3] | |||
| October 2 | Delaware* | L 0–21 | 6,500 | [4] | |||
| October 9 | at Bucknell* | L 46–48 | 4,500 | [5] | |||
| October 16 | Gettysburg* |
| W 20–6 | 8,599 | [6] | ||
| October 23 | Rutgers |
| W 33–13 | 7,500 | [7] | ||
| October 30 | Brown* |
| L 6–34 | 6,500 | [8] | ||
| November 6 | Muhlenberg* |
| T 20–20 | 8,500 | [9] | ||
| November 13 | at Carnegie Tech* | T 13–13 | 5,000 | [10] | |||
| November 20 | at Lafayette | L 0–46 | 17,000 | [11] | |||
| |||||||