1943 Lehigh Engineers football team

American college football season

1943 Lehigh Engineers football

Conference| Middle Three Conference
Record| 0–5–1 (0–4 Middle Three)
Head coach|

* Leo Prendergast (1st season)

Captain| John Donahue
Home stadium| Taylor Stadium

Seasons

<- 1942

1944 ->

1943 Middle Three Conference football standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Lafayette \+  | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0
Rutgers \+  | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0
Lehigh | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 5  | - | 1

* \+ - Conference co-champions

The 1943 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1943 college football season. In its first season under head coach Leo Prendergast, the team compiled a 0–5–1 record, and lost all four games against its Middle Three Conference rivals.[1]

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

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 16 | at Carnegie Tech* |  Pittsburgh, PA | T 0–0|  |  [1]
October 23 | at Lafayette |

* Fisher Field
* Easton, PA (rivalry)

| L 7–39|  |  [2]
October 30 | at Rutgers |

* Rutgers Stadium
* Piscataway, NJ

| L 6–26|  |  [1]
November 6 |  West Virginia* |

* Taylor Stadium
* Bethlehem, PA

| L 6–53|  |  [3]
November 13 |  Rutgers |

* Taylor Stadium
* Bethlehem, PA

| L 0–20|  |  [4]
November 27 |  Lafayette |

* Taylor Stadium
* Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)

| L 0–58|  3,500 |  [5]

* *Non-conference game

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Lehigh Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 21. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
2. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 24, 1943). "Lafayette Eleven Halts Lehigh, 39-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
3. ^ "West Va. Crushes Lehigh, 53 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 7, 1943. p. S2.
4. ^ "Rutgers Sets Back Lehigh Again, 20-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 14, 1943. p. S2.
5. ^ Richardson, William D. (November 28, 1943). "Lafayette Power Routs Lehigh, 58-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.

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