1957 Lehigh Engineers football team

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1957
Lambert Cup
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record8–1 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach
CaptainBruno
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
Seasons
1957 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lehigh $ 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Rutgers 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Lafayette 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1957 Lehigh Engineers football team was an

Lambert Cup
.

In their 12th year under head coach Bill Leckonby, the Engineers compiled an 8–1 record, defeating both of their conference opponents.[1] Dan Nolan and Pete Williams were the team captains.[2]

In December, the Engineers were the first-ever recipients of the

Lambert Cup, an award for the season's best small-college football team in the East. Lehigh was honored alongside Navy, which won the large-college Lambert Trophy; both were lauded as proof that a university could field a competitive football team without compromising its academic standards.[3]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 at Delaware*
W 19–14 7,140 [4]
October 5 at
Western Reserve
*
W 27–6 2,000 [5]
October 12
Gettysburg
*
W 20–7 12,000 [6]
October 19 at Rutgers
W 13–7 16,000 [7]
October 26 at Columbia*
W 40–6 12,000 [8]
November 2 Bucknell*
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 27–0 5,000 [9]
November 9 VMI*
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 7–12 13,500 [10]
November 16 at Buffalo*
W 27–7 8,500 [11]
November 23 Lafayette
W 26–13 17,000 [12]
  • *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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  8. ^ McGowen, Roscoe (October 27, 1957). "Lehigh Trounces Columbia, 40 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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