1944 Lehigh Engineers football team

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1944 Lehigh Engineers football
Conference Middle Three Conference
Record0–6 (0–4 Middle Three)
Head coach
CaptainPete Kitson
Home stadium Taylor Stadium
Seasons
←  1943
1945  →
1944 Middle Three Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lafayette $ 4 –0 –06 –1 –0
Rutgers 2 –2 –03 –2 –0
Lehigh 0 –4 –00 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1944 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1944 college football season. In its second season under head coach Leo Prendergast, the team compiled an 0–6 record, including four losses against Middle Three Conference rivals. [1] Lehigh played home games at Taylor Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 21 Lafayette
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)
L 0–44 500 [2]
October 28 Drexel *
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 6–13 [1]
November 4 Rutgers
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 6–19 2,200 [3]
November 11 at West Virginia *
L 0–71 [4]
November 18 at Lafayette
L 0–64 10,000 [5]
November 25 at Rutgers
L 6–15 3,000 [6]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. 1 2 "Lehigh Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 21. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Lafayette Routs Lehigh by 44 to 0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. October 22, 1944. p. S2.
  3. ↑ Whitfield, Jim (November 5, 1944). "Rutgers Downs Lehigh Eleven at Bethlehem". The Sunday Times . New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Lehigh smothered by W. Virginia, 71–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 12, 1944. Retrieved July 19, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Lafayette Routs Lehigh by 64 to 0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. November 19, 1944. p. S3.
  6. ↑ "Rutgers Triumphs over Lehigh, 15-6". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. November 26, 1944. p. S2.
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