1950 Lehigh Engineers football team

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 William 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.[1]

1950 Lehigh Engineers football
Middle Three champion
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
1950 record9–0 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
1950 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Lehigh $ 2 –0 –0  9 –0 –0
Rutgers 1 –1 –0  4 –4 –0
Lafayette 0 –2 –0  1 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The team played its home games at Taylor Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Delaware*
W 21–06,000[2]
September 30at Case Tech*
W 21–03,000[3]
October 7at Bucknell*
W 27–205,500[4]
October 14Gettysburg*
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 49–67,500[5]
October 21at Dartmouth*
W 16–612,350[6]
October 28Rutgers
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 21–1412,000[7]
November 4Muhlenberg*
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 42–1810,000[8]
November 11Carnegie Tech*No. 20
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 66–1312,000[9]
November 18at Lafayette
W 38–020,000[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "Lehigh Game by Game Results". web.archive.org. 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "Lehigh Ruins Mathewson Day for Bucknell". The Scrantonian. Scranton, Pa. Associated Press. October 8, 1950. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Undefeated Lehigh Gridders Hand Bullets 49-6 Setback". The Gettysburg Times. Gettysburg, Pa. October 16, 1950. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Lehigh Upsets Dartmouth, 16-14, Doyne and Gabriel Leading Drive". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 22, 1950. p. S1.
  7. "Lehigh Dumps Rutgers, 21-18". Asbury Park Sunday Press. Asbury Park, N.J. Associated Press. October 29, 1950. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Lehigh Whips Mules, 42-13". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. November 5, 1950. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Lehigh Stops Carnegie Tech, Stays Unbeaten". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. November 12, 1950. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Lehigh Wallops Lafayette". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. November 19, 1950. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
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