1950 Lehigh Engineers football team

American college football season

1950 Lehigh Engineers football

Middle Three champion

Conference| Middle Three Conference
Record| 9–0 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach|

* Bill Leckonby (5th season)

Home stadium| Taylor Stadium

Seasons

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1951 ->

1950 Middle Three Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Lehigh $  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 0
Rutgers | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Lafayette | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

The 1950 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1950 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Bill Leckonby, the team compiled a 9–0 record (their first undefeated record in the football program's history) and won the Middle Three Conference championship. The Engineers outscored their opponents, 301 to 77. They gained 2,120 rushing yards (235.6 per game) and 801 pasing yards. On defense, they held opponents to 905 rushing yards (100.6 per game) and 1,093 passing yards.[1]

Right halback Dick Doyne, a senior from Larchmont, New York, led the east with 994 rushing yards on 156 carries. He also led the east in punting with an average of 41.5 yards on 25 punts.[2] He was called Lehigh's "Mr. Everything" as he also led the team with an average of 5.7 yards per carry and total offense (1,206 yards), punt returns (13.6-yard average), and kickoff returns (16-yard average).[1][3] His 72 points (12 touchdowns) tied for the most on the team.[1] He was selected as a first-team back on the 1950 Little All-America college football team.[3] The team's other individual leaders were:

* Left halfback Dick Gabriel tied with Doyne for the team's scoring lead at 72 points.[4] Gabriel and Doyne were both chosen as first-team backs on the Associated Press All-Pennsylvania team.[5]
* Quarterback Herbert Weiss completed 39 of 85 passes for 718 yards, seven touchdowns, and seven interceptions.[1]
* Left end John Bergman was Lehigh's leading receiver with 19 catches for 350 yards.[1]
* Guard Bill Ciarvino was selected as a second-team player on the All-Pennsylvania team.[5]

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

## Schedule

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September 23| Delaware*| |

* Taylor Stadium
* Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)

| W 21–0| 6,000| [6]
September 30| at Case Tech*| |

* Shaw Stadium
* East Cleveland, OH

| W 21–0| 3,000| [7]
October 7| at Bucknell*| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Lewisburg, PA

| W 27–20| 5,500| [8]
October 14| Gettysburg*| |

* Taylor Stadium
* Bethlehem, PA

| W 49–6| 7,500| [9]
October 21| at Dartmouth*| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Hanover, NH

| W 16–6| 12,350| [10]
October 28| Rutgers| |

* Taylor Stadium
* Bethlehem, PA

| W 21–14| 12,000| [11]
November 4| Muhlenberg*| |

* Taylor Stadium
* Bethlehem, PA

| W 42–18| 10,000| [12]
November 11| Carnegie Tech*| No. 20|

* Taylor Stadium
* Bethlehem, PA

| W 66–13| 12,000| [13]
November 18| at Lafayette| |

* Fisher Field
* Easton, PA (The Rivalry)

| W 38–0| 20,000| [14]

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (1950 Lehigh)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
2. ^ "Marchibroda Is East's Leading Ground Gainer". The Evening Times. November 30, 1950. p. 20 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ a b Harold Claassen (December 5, 1950). "Dick Doyne, Charles Cope Make AP's Little All-America Team". The Morning Call. p. 22 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Triple Deadlock In Scoring Race". The Gazette and Daily. November 22, 1950. p. 33 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ a b "AP's All-State: Doyne and Gabriel in Backfield; Cope at Center; Duplicki Guard". The Patriot-News. November 30, 1950. p. 3 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Lehigh Gets 21-0 Win over Delaware as Engineers Uncork Fine Ground Attack". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. September 24, 1950. p. 40 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Doyne Scores Three Times as Lehigh's Engineers Shade Case Institute, 21 to 20". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. Associated Press. October 1, 1950. p. 36 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Lehigh Ruins Mathewson Day for Bucknell". The Scrantonian. Scranton, Pa. Associated Press. October 8, 1950. p. 41 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "Undefeated Lehigh Gridders Hand Bullets 49-6 Setback". The Gettysburg Times. Gettysburg, Pa. October 16, 1950. p. 3 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Lehigh Upsets Dartmouth, 16-14, Doyne and Gabriel Leading Drive". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 22, 1950. p. S1.
11. ^ "Lehigh Dumps Rutgers, 21-18". Asbury Park Sunday Press. Asbury Park, N.J. Associated Press. October 29, 1950. p. 15 - via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ "Lehigh Whips Mules, 42-13". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. November 5, 1950. p. 37 - via Newspapers.com.
13. ^ "Lehigh Stops Carnegie Tech, Stays Unbeaten". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. November 12, 1950. p. S1 - via Newspapers.com.
14. ^ "Lehigh Wallops Lafayette". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. November 19, 1950. p. 37 - via Newspapers.com.

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