1945 Lehigh Engineers football team
The 1945 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1945 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach Leo Prendergast, the team compiled a 2–4 record, and lost both games against its Middle Three Conference rivals.[1]
| 1945 Lehigh Engineers football | |
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| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| 1945 record | 2–4 (0–2 Middle Three) |
| Head coach | Leo Prendergast (3rd season) |
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| Home stadium | Taylor Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette $ | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team played its home games at Taylor Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 20 | Muhlenberg* |
| W 6–0 | 9,000 | [2] | ||
| October 27 | Connecticut* |
| L 6–33 | 5,000 | [3] | ||
| November 3 | at Rutgers | L 0–25 | 5,500 | [4] | |||
| November 10 | at NYU* | L 0–19 | 4,000 | [5] | |||
| November 17 | at Drexel* |
| W 14–9 | [1] | |||
| November 24 | Lafayette |
| L 0–7 | [1] | |||
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References
- "Lehigh Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 21. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- "Lehigh Tops Muhlenberg". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 21, 1945. p. S5.
- "Connecticut Tops Lehigh". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 28, 1945. p. S3.
- "Rutgers Triumphs over Lehigh, 25-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 4, 1945. p. S3.
- McGowen, Roscoe (November 11, 1945). "N.Y.U. Turns Back Lehigh Squad, 19-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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