1936 Lehigh Engineers football team

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1936 Lehigh Engineers football
Middle Three champion
Conference Middle Three Conference
Record6–2 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach
CaptainJoseph Walton
Home stadium Taylor Stadium
Seasons
  1935
1937  
1936 Middle Three Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lehigh $ 2 0 06 2 0
Rutgers 0 1 01 6 1
Lafayette 0 1 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1936 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1936 college football season. In its second season under head coach Glen Harmeson, the team compiled a 6–2 record, [1] and swept its Middle Three Conference rivals to earn the championship. Lehigh played home games at Taylor Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 at Case *
W 16–7 [1]
October 3 Dickinson *
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 6–20 5,000 [2]
October 10 Johns Hopkins *
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 20–0 4,000 [3]
October 17 Penn State *
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 7–6 [1]
October 24 at Gettysburg *
L 7–10 4,000 [4]
October 31 at Rutgers
W 19–0 7,000 [5]
November 14 Muhlenberg *
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 26–6 9,000 [6]
November 21 at Lafayette W 18–0 12,000 [7]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lehigh Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 21. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. "Dickinson Is Victor over Lehigh by 20-6". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. October 4, 1936. p. S4.
  3. "Lehigh Turns Back Johns Hopkins, 20-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. October 11, 1936. p. S5.
  4. "Gettysburg Halts Lehigh by 10 to 7". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. October 25, 1936. p. S4.
  5. "Lehigh Stages Powerful Second-Half Attack for Fine Triumph Over Rutgers". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. November 1, 1936. p. S5.
  6. "Lehigh Conquers Muhlenberg, 26-6". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. November 15, 1936. p. S2.
  7. Childs, Kingsley (November 22, 1936). "Lehigh Overcomes Lafayette, 18 to 0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.