1951 Lehigh Engineers football team

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1951
Lehigh Engineers football
Middle Three champion
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record7–2 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach
(6th season)
Captains
  • John Bergman
  • Richard Pradetto
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lehigh $ 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Rutgers 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Lafayette 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1951 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1951 college football season. Lehigh won the Middle Three Conference championship for the second year in a row.

In their sixth year under head coach Bill Leckonby, the Engineers compiled a 7–2 record,[1] winning both games against their conference opponents. John Bergman and Richard Pradetto were the team captains.[2]

Lehigh played its home games at Taylor Stadium on the university's main campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22 at Delaware*
L 0–7 8,500 [3]
September 29 Williams*
W 20–6 7,000 [4]
October 6 Bucknell*
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 7–47 8,000 [5]
October 13 at
Gettysburg
*
W 9–7 3,000 [6]
October 20 at Rutgers
W 21–6 17,000 [7]
October 27 NYU*
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 25–20 6,000 [8]
November 3 at Muhlenberg*
W 3–2 3,500 [9]
November 10 at
Carnegie Tech
*
W 34–7 3,000 [10]
November 17 Lafayette
W 32–0 15,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 22. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Lehigh Football Captains". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 12. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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