1964 Lehigh Engineers football team

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1964
Lehigh Engineers football
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionUniversity Division
Record1–7–1 (0–3–1 MAC University)
Head coach
(3rd season)
Captains
  • Charles Ortlam
  • Joe Weiss
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
Seasons
← 1963
1965 →
1964 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
University
Gettysburg x 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Bucknell 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Temple 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Delaware 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Lafayette 0 – 4 – 2 0 – 7 – 2
Hofstra 0 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Lehigh 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
College–Northern
Wagner x 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Albright
 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Juniata
 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Moravian
 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Upsala
 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Wilkes
 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Lycoming
 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Susquehanna
* 		2 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
College–Southern
Franklin & Marshall x 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Drexel 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Muhlenberg 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Lebanon Valley
 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Pennsylvania Military
 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Swarthmore 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Dickinson 4 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Western Maryland
 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Johns Hopkins 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Ursinus
 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Haverford 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 6 – 1
West Chester
* 		0 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

The 1964 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. Lehigh tied for last in both the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division, and in the Middle Three Conference.

In their third and final year under head coach Mike Cooley, the Engineers compiled a 1–7–1 record.[1] Charles Ortlam and Joe Weiss were the team captains.[2]

At 0–3–1 against MAC University Division foes, Lehigh was one of three teams without a win in conference play, along with Hofstra (0–3–1), playing its first year in the division, and Lafayette (0–4–2). Lehigh went 0–1–1 against the Middle Three, losing to Rutgers and tying Lafayette.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 at Penn*
L 6–13 8,446 [3]
October 3 at Yale*
L 0–54 24,917 [4]
October 10 Rutgers
L 7–20 7,500 [5]
October 17 at No. 16 Gettysburg
L 7–39 5,300 [6]
October 24 No. 12 Delaware
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)
L 8–46 7,000 [7]
October 31 at Colgate*
L 0–41 5,000 [8]
November 7 Davidson*
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 13–10 8,000 [9]
November 14 Bucknell
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 0–3 4,500 [10]
November 21 at Lafayette
T 6–6 19,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the 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.
  3. ^ "Early Penn Dash Tops Lehigh, 13-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 27, 1964. p. S8.
  4. ^ Strauss, Michael (October 4, 1964). "Yale Overpowers Lehigh, 54-0, for Its 600th Football Victory". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S5.
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  8. ^ "Colgate Crushes Lehigh by 41 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. November 1, 1964. p. S3.
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